Extra security must in Bihar: BJP

Fresh from an attack on former party president M. Venkaiah Naidu, the BJP on Monday demanded the Election Commission 8216;8216;provide adequate security to candidates8217;8217; and impose President8217;s Rule in Bihar since an 8216;8216;extraordinary situation prevailed8217;8217; there.

A delegation led by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, which met the CEC, alleged that RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav was 8216;8216;holding meetings and giving instructions to the administration and police personnel8217;8217; on regular basis. The leaders alleged there was an 8216;8216;intimidating atmosphere that has been built on the yet unsolved issue of serial kidnapping of schoolchildren, the murder of a candidate and attack on a helicopter in which Venkaiah Naidu was travelling8217;8217;. They said posters on Banerjee Committee report were being distributed despite a ban.