Ranchi, June 11 (IANS) The Hatia constituency by-poll to the Jharkhand assembly will take place amid tight security arrangements Tuesday, an official said here Monday.
“All necessary arrangements have been made for the Hatia by-poll scheduled for Tuesday,” said K.K. Soan, deputy commissioner of Ranchi told reporters here Monday. A total of 4,02,181 voters will decide fate of 29 candidates.
The polling will take place at 425 booths. Of these, 69 and 250 booths have been identified as ‘sensitive’ and ‘very sensitive’. Around 20 companies of state and para-military forces will be deployed for the peaceful polling.
The polling will begin at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.
The key contest is among the BJP, the Congress, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) and the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU). The BJP and AJSU are partners in the the ruling alliance in Jharkhand.
The BJP, the Congress, AJSU and JVM-P have fielded Ramjilal Sarda, Sunil Sahay, Navin Jaiswal and Ajay Nath Sahdeo respectively for the electoral contest.
The Hatia seat fell vacant after Congress legislator Gopal Nath Sahdeo after suffering from a disease in 2010.
