Meanwhile, repolling in the remaining 60 booths in the state went off peacefully.
The police had to open fire at Gothara in the Sikrai Assembly segment of Dausa when a violent mob attempted to capture the booth, thus interrupting the poll process. Polling was suspended in the afternoon, and the state election commission recommended a third round of repoll. Dausa is having an electoral battle among three Meena candidates and a Gurjar. While the official candidates of the BJP and the Congress — Ram Kishore Meena and Laxman Meena — are rather low-key, the real contest is between independents — Dr Kirori Lal Meena and Gurjar leader from Jammu and Kashmir, Qamar Rabbani Chechi.
War of words
After the violent clashes between the Gurjars and the Meenas on May 7 and the death of a Meena voter in CISF firing, the war of words has been hotting up in the constituency. The two Independent candidates are holding their community mahapanchayats to mobilise support.
Published 10 May 2009, 19:13 IST