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As voting for phase-1 of Bihar Assembly elections began on Wednesday, Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor reminded voters of the struggles that migrant workers went through at the beginning of nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.
“The tears in your eyes, the blisters on your feet. Do you remember everything? The ones who are voting today,” Tharoor wrote on Twitter.
वो तेरी आंख के आंसू वो तेरे पाँव के छाले
तुझे सब याद है ना? आज वोट डालने वाले!#आज_बदलेगा_बिहार #BiharElections2020 pic.twitter.com/4zmC4FMRog— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 28, 2020
Voting began in 71 constituencies spread across 16 districts in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections on Wednesday at 7 am and the voter turnout was recorded at 18.29 per cent till 11.30 am.
This is the first election that is being held amid COVID-19 pandemic.As many as 1,066 candidates are in the fray including 42 from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 35 from Janata Dal (United), 29 from BJP, 21 from Congress and 8 from Left parties.Bihar is witnessing a triangular contest between the ruling JDU-BJP alliance, the Mahagathbandhan or the grand alliance (RJD, Congress and others) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
