Even as campaigning is at its peak with two-thirds of the 243 seats in the Bihar assembly yet to go to the polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party appears to be reducing the intensity of its push – at least, if the number of helicopters it hired for the operation is any indication.
Out of 16 private helicopters that the BJP had hired for the campaign, it returned five after the second phase of polling on October 16, an official at Patna airport said. “Four helicopters have already been returned while the fifth one will be laid off today [Friday],” the official said.
Confirming the development, a senior leader of the BJP’s Bihar unit said the decision to reduce the number of choppers was taken after the second phase of polling. He did not give a reason for the decision.
Helicopters are frequently used to ferry senior leaders to far-flung venues in states with bad road networks.
24/10/15 Dhirendra K Jha/Scroll.in
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Out of 16 private helicopters that the BJP had hired for the campaign, it returned five after the second phase of polling on October 16, an official at Patna airport said. “Four helicopters have already been returned while the fifth one will be laid off today [Friday],” the official said.
Confirming the development, a senior leader of the BJP’s Bihar unit said the decision to reduce the number of choppers was taken after the second phase of polling. He did not give a reason for the decision.
Helicopters are frequently used to ferry senior leaders to far-flung venues in states with bad road networks.
24/10/15 Dhirendra K Jha/Scroll.in
