Newsroom: Budha Pahad, located in a very remote area of Garhwa district of Palamu Lok Sabha constituency, used to be the center of terror in every election. Naxalites used to issue orders to boycott votes from here. Now Maoists have been wiped out here. Due to this, the situation has changed a lot in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Voters of the area will vote in an atmosphere of complete enthusiasm in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. For this, a fear-free environment has been created in this area. The area has been secured and peace has been maintained. These things were said by the Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand. Said in Ravi Kumar. Today he had come to inspect the polling booth located at Hesatu, the upgraded middle school of Budha Pahad area. The Chief Electoral Officer traveled about 3:30 kilometers on motorcycle and reached the polling station. He interacted with the BLO/observer posted at the polling station and local voters. Listened to their problems. Took information regarding minimum facilities like drinking water, toilet and other minimum facilities at the polling station. He appealed to the voters to vote without fear on the day of voting. He said that the situation in the area has changed now. Due to the hard work of the security forces and soldiers, this area has become free from fear and peace has been maintained. He also said that earlier also voting was held in these areas, but the voters used to go to vote secretly, but in the Lok Sabha elections, 2024, the voters will exercise their franchise completely free from fear. The Chief Electoral Officer also served food among the children as part of mid-day meal. Also, necessary directions were given to the concerned officer to remove the shortcomings of the polling station.
Chief Electoral Officer K during the inspection of the polling station. Ravi Kumar, State Police Nodal Officer A.V. Homkar, STF DIG Inderjit Mahatha, District Election Officer of Garhwa district Shekhar Jamuar, Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Pandey, state level in-charge of SVEEP Devdas Dutt and other officials were present.