This story is from April 12, 2019

Minor clashes in Nawada

Minor clashes in Nawada
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NAWADA: Group clashes, poll boycott, faulty EVMs etc coupled with lack of zeal among the voters, marked the first phase of polls in Nawada parliamentary constituency on Thursday.
The ongoing Chaiti Chhath festival and sultry weather further contributed to lack of enthusiasm among the voters, particularly women observing fast. However, this was compensated by the enthusiasm of the first time voters, who proudly displayed their voting ink mark to the media.

Raja Kumar, a first-time voter at booth number 169 at Makanpur village under Warisaliganj police station said, “I am feeling proud after exercising my right to franchise for the first time.”
“Being a citizen of the country, it feels great to be able to vote. This was the first time and I want to cast my vote in every election,” said another youth Ankit Karn.
At booth number 139 located at Ghostama village under Kadirganj police outpost of Nawada police station, a polling staff Arvind Kumar (a primary school teacher at Harsitpur village under Roh police station) was arrested by Kadirganj police after he got involved in a heated argument in a drunken state with the voters.
At booth number 237, at Kachhia village under Akbarpur police station, a police constable deployed was heckled by the voters when he was allegedly heard asking to vote for a particular candidate.

The EVM machine, despite police presence, was broken at booth number 215 at Kawakol by a group of miscreants bringing the polling process to a halt in the afternoon. Miscreants pelted stones at police vehicles and damaged them when rival group of voters from the NDA and the RJD at Kashichak and Marui village booths resulting in a lathi-charge by the police. Many were taken into custody by the police.
Booth number 273 at Sundra village under Roh police station witnessed stone pelting forcing police to fire two rounds in the air to restore normalcy. Voters of NDA clashed with the supporters of the RJD candidate when the latter tried to prevent rival party voters from going to the booth. Voting was disrupted for over an hour.
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