Eye in the sky: Drones to monitor Bihar polls
Drones will be used for the first time for surveillance in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, according to a top election official. “Helicopters have been used in the past for surveillance, but drones will be used this time, probably for the first time,” R lakshmanan, Bihar’s Additional Chief Electoral Officer, told IANS in an interview over the phone from Patna. He declined to give operational details about the drone usage.
Modi set for rallies’ record in state
Acknowledged as a master orator by both followers and political adversaries alike, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to set a record ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. He is likely to end up addressing around 40 rallies as the star campaigner of the BJP-led NDA. No PM has ever visited Bihar more than two-three times during polls in the past.
Sons of lalu, Paswan engage in war of words
After RJD chief lalu Prasad and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, it is now the turn of their sons to indulge in a war of words in the run-up to the Bihar Assembly polls. A day after Ram Vilas Paswan’s son Chirag said that the sons of lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi — Tej Pratap and Tejaswi Yadav — registered their ages as per their own free will due to the jungle raj prevailing during the 15-year rule of Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, lalu’s younger son Tejaswi Yadav hit back at lok Janshakti Party MP Chirag on Thursday. Tejaswi dared Chirag Paswan to first reveal the name of the wife of Ram Vilas Paswan mentioned in his poll affidavit.
Star campaigners prefer light veg food to keep fit
Star campaigners are eating light vegetarian food and sipping an array of local sherbets and juices to stay cool, fresh and full of energy to sweat it out in the open to address a series of rallies for the polls. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar prefers a light breakfast like his ally, RJD chief lalu Prasad, before leaving for campaigning from their official residences in the morning. lalu Prasad also prefers a light breakfast with juice.