Bihar Panchayat Elections: violence against women increased By Jitendra 5/30/11
Email<http://www.newzfirst.com/web/guest/full-story/-/asset_publisher/Qd8l/content/bihar-panchayat-elections:-violence-against-women-increased?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fguest%2Fin+focus> Print<http://www.newzfirst.com/web/guest/full-story/-/asset_publisher/Qd8l/content/bihar-panchayat-elections:-violence-against-women-increased?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fguest%2Fin+focus> [image: SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend] <http://tellafriend.socialtwist.com/> [image: Bookmark and Share]<http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=newzfirst> PATNA - As administration has numbers of reasons to pat own back for successful conducting of the Panchayat Election, violence cases during the poll have also provided them an opportunity to re think over its strategy. In a press note released by State Election Commission(SEC) on the eve of concluding of the Panchayat elections, claimed that no case of poll related violence has been registered which could affect the voters. The average percentage of the voting in this election is 61.41%, which is 10% more in comparison to year 2006, Panchayat elections. The said average is even more than the polling percentage of last assembly and parliament election in the state. About 14 cases of police firing, 13 cases of seizure of illegal weapons along with 238 bullets and seizure of 1699 vehicles, 188 mobiles, 493 litres of wines, are reported. Recovery of Rs 10,68,262, arrest of 8328 people and 604 charge-sheets are submitted against the offenders. 649 booths across the state will witness the re-polling in coming days. According to SEC, only at 125 booths, re-polling was carried out due to electoral malpractices, whereas, rest are related to printing and logistics error. Elections in Bihar were once infamous for violence and booth capturing. In the 1999 Lok Sabha polls, 74 people were killed in poll-related violence and about 20 people were killed in the 2004 general elections. About 15 people in this Panchayat Election, 18 people during 2006 Panchayat Election and 158 people during the 2001 Panchayat elections were killed. Only two cases of Naxal related violence are cropped up. One polling official was killed and two were injured in a landmine blast in Jamui district during the ninth round of the Panchayat polls. The Maoists had kidnapped seven officials, who were later released. The first round of panchayat polls saw a police officer and a woman voter being killed in a rebel attack in Jamui. The second and eighth round also witnessed one death each. Three people were killed on eve of second phase of election in Behrampore village of Vaishali district. *Trend of violence* Any form of violence do affects women community profoundly. Recently concluded election too has proved this argument. There were number killings taken place in which though women were not made direct target but their husbands became soft target. Mukhiya(Village head) Sudha Devi’s husband was killed in Biharsharif district, Zila Parishad (District Council) candidate’s Manju Kumari’s husband was shot dead in Madepura and husband of village sarpanch candidate was killed in Sitamarhi, were the few cases came to limelight through media. There were cases of abduction of women candidate’s husband like in Sitamarhi. Few cases in which women candidates’ houses were plundered and robbed. In one case, woman mukhiya, Malo Devi was shot dead in Dhobdeeeh Panchayat of Biharsharif. Whereas, a sitting ward member died in mysterious condition at fulwarisharif in Patna. In one more case a husband stabbed wife who was the candidate of Mukhiya, after she ignored his diktat of not to go out for campaign. *Results* The current trends of the Panchayat election results are showing another astonishing trend. 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