Several polling booths in urban pockets of Hazaribag, Koderma, and Chatra Lok Sabha constituencies will be decorated with Sohrai paintings and models of Megaliths dating back to the Iron Age. Simdega district administration decked up the Simdega Club as an eco-friendly booth with a special focus on rainwater harvesting. Koderma, Chatra, and Hazaribag administrations are also trying to emulate the feat by declaring green and plastic-free booths.
Former minister Krishna Nand Tripathi, the Congress party's candidate for the Chatra Lok Sabha constituency, is the richest among all candidates in the third phase of elections in Jharkhand with assets worth over Rs 70 crore and the highest number of cases registered against him, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Chatra Lok Sabha seat is the only constituency in the state which has never been represented by a local since the first elections were held here in 1957. This year, however, has been different. BJP benched its outgoing MP Sunil Kumar Singh, an outsider, after intense protests from a section of the party workers and fielded Kalicharan Singh, a local. Congress candidate KN Tripathi, an outsider too by the virtue of being a native of Palamu district, is also facing protests after his name was announced recently. Will Chatra break the trend of electing outsiders? Learn more about the local vs. outsider dynamics in Chatra's MP elections.
A total of 77,042 first-time voters in Chatra Lok Sabha constituency will exercise their franchise on May 20. Chatra district has the highest number of first-time voters, urging all to participate in the festival of democracy.
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