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Village in Bihar calls for poll boycott after giving chance to every party

Begusarai goes to polls on April 29 with three main candidates in fray: CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar, BJP's Giriraj Singh and RJD's Tanveer Hasan

Lok Sabha Elections 2019
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“I have never seen a road in this village since independence. We have given an opportunity to all parties," Arun Kumar, an unskilled worker in the region

Somesh Jha Begusarai
As one passes through the Barauni region in Bihar’s Begusarai, a crowd of 50-odd people can be seen standing by the side of an unpaved road.

But they are not standing in the soaring heat to witness the election spectacle or catch a glimpse of a star campaigner. Shoulder-to-shoulder, each one has just one strong message to deliver to all the politicians and their cavalcade passing by: Boycott polls.

Begusarai goes to poll on April 29, in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election, with three main candidates in fray: CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar, BJP's Giriraj Singh and RJD's Tanveer

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