2 Maoist-hit villages vote for first time since ‘47

WHAT is common to Rehal village in Rohtas district and Pichhulia village in neighbouring Gaya? Voters of the two Maoist-affected villages exercised their franchise for the first time after Independence.

- RAMASHANKAR @Sasaram

Polling stations were set up at Rehal, situated on the Kaimur Plateau, for the first time. “It was like a dream come true for me when I cast my vote at a polling booth located at Rehal government primary school,” said Pramod Oraon, a local resident. Oraon in his early 50s is all praise for the Election Commission (EC) for setting up the booth for the second phase of the assembly elections.