BJP's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is set to address four election rallies in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Modi's visit comes after party unit workers demanded to extend his campaign in the states having elections.
Chhattisgarh votes in the second phase of elections this month.
Earlier, voting for the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls in 18 constituencies ended amidst a low voter turnout.
There was no voter turnout in 42 polling booths in Sukma where polling booths are located inside security camps.
The 18 Assembly constituencies which were up for polls on November 11 were from one of most militarised zones in the world. Due to a fear of Maoist attacks, more than 1,43,000 security personnel had been deployed in the 8 districts, which have a total of 18 Assembly seats for the elections.
As battle intensifies between the Congress and the BJP for state assembly polls, BJP-led Chhattisgarh government has been the first to exercise the newly introduced None Of The Above (NOTA) option in the elections in the entire country which gives the voters the right to reject the candidates contesting in the elections.
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