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	PD News - EC Team in Chhapra
		Laloo Yadav, who is facing the BJP candidate from Chhapra Rajiv Pratap Rudy, was the first one to face the investigative committee.
		Whether the Chhapra poll should be countermanded or not would be decided by the EC after the two-member committee submits its reports on Monday.
		Later, Rudy, while talking to a group of reporters in Chhapra, said that he told the EC to quash the entire election in Chhapra due to widespread poll malpractices by the RJD leadership.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2004/050304/ec_team_in_chhapra.html (0 words)

	History,geography and description of Chhapra,Siwan,Gopalganj, districts of Saran,Bihar.
		The 3 facilities are a diesel locomotive manufacturing unit at Marhowrah, an electric locomotive unit at Madhepura and a rail coach factory at Chhapra...........
		Chairperson of Municipality : Chhapra- Gayatri Devi ;Revelganj - Ramesh Prasad ;Marhowrah - Urmila Devi ;Dighwara - Phool Kumari Devi ; Sonepur - Sunita Devi; Siwan - Runu Kumari; Mairwa - Sushila Devi ; Maharajganj - Manju Devi ; Gopalganj - Kiran Devi ; Kateya - Menka Rai ; Barauli - Arun Kr.
		Bhikhari Thakur, popularly known as Shakespear of Bhojpuri, was born on 18th Dec.,1887 at Kutubpur (Diyara) village in Saran District.
	www.chhapra-bihar.com (940 words)

	Repoll in Chhapra on May 31
		Acknowledging that the election held on April 26 was not free and fair, the Election Commission of India has decided to hold a repoll in Chhapra parliamentary constituency on May 31.
		In its four-page order, the Commission said that the poll had been 'vitiated because of booth capturing in a large number of polling stations in all the assembly segments of the constituency and that it is likely to affect the result of the election' there.
		Jha said that the counting of votes in Chhapra is expected to take place two days after the polling and that strict security arrangements would be made for ensuring a free and fair poll.Speaking to Aaj Tak, Rudy described the EC decision as 'a victory for democracy'.
	in.rediff.com /election/2004/may/10bihar.htm (648 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chhapra, where he grew up, Chhapra he is fighting to represent in the Lok Sabha.
		Chhapra is only a little more than an hour from Patna.You head east and quite suddenly you've escaped the capital's teeming semi-urban chaos.
		Chhapra lies in the lap of the Ganges, a hugely fertile landscape, which has had its share of flood and famine but which has also had its seasons of plenty, such as this one.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main1.asp?filename=Ne042404nautanki.asp (1642 words)

	What's 'VIP' about Chhapra?
		In another incident a man was injured in firing and admitted to the Chhapra hospital.
		The district administration -- Chhapra is the district headquarters -- has stopped every mode of transport in the town.
		Chhapra would have had its run as the VIP constituency.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/26laloo.htm (489 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jharkhand
		Patna, Aug. 18: Railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav’s constituency, Chhapra, is in the news again with chief minister Rabri Devi promising an engineering college in the town and the local police coming down hard on criminals in the district.
		Sources said the police crackdown in Chhapra is also part of a “cleansing operation” because the crime graph in the railway minister’s home constituency has been rising.
		Police said the criminals had opened fire on a patrol squad and were killed on the spot in the exchange of fire that ensued.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040819/asp/jharkhand/story_3643146.asp (437 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		New Delhi, May 10: Election to the Chhapra seat, where Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav is fighting BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy, was countermanded today on the grounds of large-scale “silent rigging” and “intimidation of voters”.
		The Election Commission took the decision on the basis of the report of its two-member fact-finding team, which was sent to Chhapra after the BJP complained of rigging and demanded a repoll.
		Rudy, who is camping in Chhapra, welcomed the decision and said he was “totally geared up” for the repoll.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040511/asp/nation/story_3232035.asp (587 words)

	Repoll in Chhapra on May 31
		Acknowledging that the election held on April 26 was not free and fair, the Election Commission of India has decided to hold a repoll in Chhapra parliamentary constituency on May 31.
		In its four-page order, the Commission said that the poll had been 'vitiated because of booth capturing in a large number of polling stations in all the assembly segments of the constituency and that it is likely to affect the result of the election' there.
		Jha said that the counting of votes in Chhapra is expected to take place two days after the polling and that strict security arrangements would be made for ensuring a free and fair poll.Speaking to Aaj Tak, Rudy described the EC decision as 'a victory for democracy'.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/may/10bihar.htm (648 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mushtaq Chhapra, managing director of Transpak, Pakistan's largest manufacturer of plastic bottles and containers for motor oil, is one Muslim who has risen to the challenge of applying the strict tenets of Islam to business.
		At the same time, the government may have to return to the supreme court to seek more time for the changeover, on the grounds that a comprehensive transition may not be possible in view of the need to continue financing the budget.
		Managers such as Mr Chhapra who "hope to God that we make a transition to Islamic finance" may be disappointed in the short term.
	www.mosgcc.com /topics/view/print.php?ID=189&issue=21 (2909 words)

	AMI \| Chhapra Google Satellite Map
		Original name (with diacritics) of the place is Chhapra.
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	www.maplandia.com /india/bihar/bhojpur/chhapra/airports/ami (0 words)

	Laloo set to quit Chhapra LS seat-Patna-Cities-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PATNA: RJD chief and Railway Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav is reported to have made up his mind to retain his Madhepura seat in the Lok Sabha at the expense of Chhapra, the second seat won by him in Bihar.
		Chhapra is being considered a safer parliamentary seat to retain for any Laloo nominee.
		Laloo's decision to quit the Chhapra seat is a letdown for local RJD MLAs.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/722468.cms (322 words)

	Chhapra, Bihar State, Pictures
		Chhapra, town, Bihar State, northeast India, near the junction of the Ghaghara and Ganges rivers.
		Located in the low, fertile Gangetic Plain, Chhapra has relatively cool, dry winters and hot summers, with 750 to 1300 mm (30 to 50 in) of rain annually.
		Once a thriving river port and commercial center, Chhapra decreased in importance after the beginning of the railroad era.
	www.greatestcities.com /Asia/India/Bihar_State/Chhapra_town.html (111 words)

	Bihar: Chhapra (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chhapra is the district headquarter of Saran District of the state of Bihar, India.
		The victim was identified as Ritesh Kumar of Chhapra who was visiting his relatives in Kankarbagh in Patna.
		Reports of some irregularities have been received from Chhapra and Arwal where the administration is using video cameras to watch the examinees.
	www.biharandjharkhand.com /bihar/town/chhapra/index.php (257 words)

	AKU- News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The programme was organized in the pleasant surroundings of the AKU Sports and Rehabilitation Centre and was largely attended by volunteers, members of the AKU senior management, representatives of NGOs and social workers.
		Chhapra from the platform of The Citizens Foundation, the Kidney Centre, and as a prominent social worker.
		Mushtaq Chhapra lauded the role of the AKU volunteers in supplementing and complementing the efforts of AKU staff and faculty and extending a helping hand to patients and others visiting AKUH.
	www.aku.edu /news/majorevents/vae.shtml (463 words)

	News
		Pakistan is trying to import tents from other countries, and the United Nations has pointedly asked China to dip into its stockpile of winterised tents for the emergency, but the government is depending on its domestic producers to meet much of the urgent demand.
		Abdur Razzaq Chhapra, the Chairman of the Pakistan Canvas and Tents Manufacturing and Exports Association, said all 52 registered factories nationwide were on a "war footing" to pump out 300,000 tents by the end of November.
		Chhapra said the government had banned all tent sales on the open market and exports, yet some businessmen involved in tent manufacture or the production of related materials were exploiting the situation — inflating prices of some necessary items by up to 50 per cent.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Oct05/30/12.htm (627 words)

	The Pioneer > Home
		While countermanding the Chhapra polling, the commission fixed May 31 for fresh repolling at all the polling stations in the seven segments.
		The commission "is fully convinced and totally satisfied" that the polling in all the Assembly segments in the Chhapra Lok Sabha seat was "vitiated", the three-member poll panel headed by Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishna Murthy said in a unanimous decision.
		The countermanding of the Chhapra polls have now brightened the electoral prospects of Mr Rudy, who will have the advantage because the NDA is likely to retain power at the Centre.
	www.dailypioneer.com /indexn12.asp?main_variable=VOTE_2004&file_name=vote761.txt&counter_img=761 (596 words)

	Organiser - Content
		In the Chhapra constituency, the rifle-wielding goons riding motorcycles were seen intimida-ting the people on April 26 by ordering them not to come out of their homes to cast their votes—if anyone dared to go to a polling booth he had better be prepared to face the dire consequences.
		In the afternoon, amid tight security, the EC team reached Chhapra and held its ´court´ in the official chamber of the District Magistrate of Saran.
		But contradicting her own accusation, she appealed to the EC team not to countermand the election as she claimed that the election was ´peaceful, free and fair´.
	www.organiser.org /dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=23&page=4 (1151 words)

	Gulfnews: Rudy cries foul over Bihar nexus
		While violence in Chhapra was always predicted in view of presence of two high-profile candidates and given sensitive nature of the constituency, it is apparent that Rudy misread the situation initially by not demanding deployment of enough central security forces.
		The BJP pushed against the wall by exit poll results were busy devising further strategy to keep up the pressure on the Election Commission to countermand polling in Chhapra and cashing in on it elsewhere to run down the opposition.
		The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Laloo Prasad Yadav, however, is unfazed by allegations that elections in Chhapra were rigged and has charged the BJP of hatching a conspiracy against him.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/04/04/29/119500.html (875 words)

	Chhapra Ki Yaadein (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chhapra mein meraa koi dost yaa rishtedaar bhi nahin thaa.
		Is liye Chhapra pahunch kar main ek saadhaaran se hotel mein ruk gayaa aur apni duty join kar lee.
		Kabhi kabhi hum donon saath saath ek doosre kaa sarkaa bhi maar lete the.
	www.doodhwali.com /old/stories55.htm (1558 words)

	Chhapra probe report to be submitted on May 11 - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chhapra probe report to be submitted on May 11 »
		It was Mr K J Rao who had led the two-member inquiry team to Chhapra after Union Civil Aviation Minister and BJP candidate Rajiv Pratap Rudy had complained that RJD men had resorted to large-scale booth capturing during the April 26 election.
		RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav was pitted against Mr Rudy in the high profile electoral battle in Chhapra.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may102004/iv6.asp (386 words)

	Gulfnews: Laloo in battle for survival from Chhapra
		Bihar's ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav is locked in a battle for his survival as 17 Lok Sabha seats from the state, including Chhapra where he is a contestant, go to the polls today.
		Paswan, who has won the Hajipur seat on several occasions, including twice with record-breaking margins, does not have the comfort of Laloo, who in addition to Chhapra is also contesting from Madhepura that will go to the polls in the next phase of elections scheduled for May 5.
		Laloo, in his zest to play a key role in national politics, has decided to take on two federal ministers and may have in the process put his political career at stake.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/04/04/26/119240.html (739 words)

	Arab News
		NEW DELHI, 9 May 2005 — In response to the controversy over alleged attempts to countermand the Chhapra polls last year, the Election Commission yesterday said it was beneath its dignity to respond to such “scurrilous and baseless” allegations.
		On countermanding of the Chhapra poll, the EC said the full commission had passed a unanimous quasi-judicial order on May 10 last year setting out in detail the reasons for its order.
		In his letter to the law minister, an IAS officer L.V. Saptarishi had claimed that last year’s elections in Chhapra, where RJD chief Lalu Yadav and Rajiv Pratap Rudy were contestants, were countermanded under pressure from BJP chief L.K. Advani and the two Election Commissioners N. Gopalaswamy and B.B. Tandon.
	www.arabnews.com /services/print/print.asp?artid=63431&d=9&m=5&y=2005&hl=Election (333 words)

	The Pioneer > Home
		Amarnath Tewary/ Patna: With the Monday decision of the Election Commission to countermand the Chhapra Lok Sabha election leaving the RJD boss fuming and fretting, all eyes are now set on the Madhepura election result which might decide the course of Laloo Prasad Yadav's Chhapra fortune.
		Political observers of the State, however, say that if the RJD chief somehow loses the Madhepura battle once again, his chances of winning the Chhapra Lok Sabha election would be brighter and "in all fairness" he would win the election.
		With both leaders in the fray, the caste vote in Chhapra this time will be sharply divided making this election a razor-edge battle.
	dailypioneer.com /indexn12.asp?main_variable=VOTE_2004&file_name=vote771.txt&counter_img=771 (506 words)

	Operation Chhapra: The Leader Must Win-India-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CHHAPRA: As dusk gradually envelops the north Bihar countryside, small knots of people can be seen returning home from their fields.
		This was one of the key elements of "Operation Chhapra", planned meticulously months in advance.
		The instructions to five RJD MLAs from Gharkha, Chhapra, Marauda, Parsa and Taraiya, which fall within the Chhapra Lok Sabha constituency were clear: they had to do everything to ensure their leader's victory.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/654899.cms (445 words)

	Rajiv Rudy on Chhapra poll
		You have requested the Election Commission to countermand the election in Chhapra.
		Large-scale booth-capturing along with using the official machinery; breaking all election norms where (state) ministers and MLAs were moving around capturing booths with their bodyguards, and a lot of violence.
		The Election Commission has extended all fairness by sending a two-man team. They will verify all what has been reported to me and what people have to say in Chhapra.
	in.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/30einter2.htm (542 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		EC sources said the poll panel submitted a copy of the report submitted by the special poll observer Saptarishi, the Commission’s reason for appointing a two-member team to probe electoral malpractice in the parliamentary segment and reasons for countermanding the polls.
		Saptharishi alleged Tandon and Gopalaswami had put pressure to countermand the poll in Chhapra contested by RJD supremo and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and the then Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
		Saptarishi, nearing his retirement, had claimed to have written a letter to Bhardwaj alleging that the repoll in Chhapra constituency, from where Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has been elected, was ordered last year at the behest of BJP leaders and had launched a broadside at the next Chief Election Commissioner over his alleged casteist remarks.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050510/main1.htm (571 words)

	Sleuths nab don from Chhapra
		Tapa, a notorious criminal of the state was arrested by CID from Chhapra, Bihar last night.
		According to the sleuths, Tapa was wanted in connection with nearly 20 murder cases, apart from various cases of extortion.
		Acting on a tip-off a team of sleuths of the CID went to Chhapra in Bihar to search for the miscreants.
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=172983 (235 words)

	IndiaDaily - Lalu confronted — Election Commission: ‘It is beneath dignity to respond to scurrilous charges’ , ...
		According to PTI, mired in a controversy over alleged attempts to countermand the Chhapra Lok Sabha polls in Bihar last year, the Election Commission on Sunday said it was beneath its dignity to respond to such "scurrilous and baseless" allegations.
		Virtually coming out in favour of the Election Commission in the wake of a senior IAS officer's allegations with regard to countermanding of elections in Chhapra in Bihar, Law Minister HR Bhardwaj on Monday said he was not in favour of challenging the poll panel's integrity.
		Saptarishi had in a letter alleged that Tandon and Gopalaswami were instrumental in getting the election countermanded in Chhapra from where RJD leader and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad had contested against BJP candidate and former Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudi.
	www.indiadaily.com /editorial/2612.asp (610 words)

	Poll panel dismisses Lalu's charge on Chhapra : Political News Onlypunjab.com- Onlypunjab.com Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Election Commission Sunday described as "baseless" an allegation by Railway Minister Lalu Prasad that it had forced the countermanding of parliamentary election in Bihar's Chhapra constituency.
		Tandon said the decision on Chhapra was taken after considering the reports of various observers, including a two-member team headed by Anant Kumar, who was principal secretary to the Election Commission.
		BJP's Chhapra candidate Rajiv Pratap Rudy had complained that the April 26 poll was rigged by Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal.
	www.onlypunjab.com /fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-21-newsID-3875.html (957 words)

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