Amid Maoist Threats, Around 70% Voter Turnout In Chhattisgarh
Polling in 18 assembly constituencies in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections began on a slow note on Monday with about 14 per cent of the electorate casting their votes in the first few hours.
Over 1.25 lakh police and paramilitary personnel, were deployed in 18 constituencies falling under the Maoist-hit areas of Bastar, Kanker, Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, Kondagaon and Rajnandgaon districts
An improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated early morning in Dantewada district by Maoists, who had called for a boycott of the polls, the police said
Vishwas, a 100-year-old woman, whose name means 'trust', reached a polling station at Dornapal, supporting herself with a stick and was also helped by her son
