Campaigning picks up for third phase of election

Poll campaign activity for the day (October 23, 2010) began at Patna airport as leaders flew in from different parts of the country to boost up their party's prospects in the Bihar election and also some prominent leaders boarded choppers to fly out and attend election meetings in different assembly segments.

JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav, NCP national general secretary Tariq Anwar, RJD MP Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, BJP leaders Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Ananth Kumar and Pandit Kalraj Mishra were on their way to attend party meetings for the third and fourth phase of election.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui