All set for fifth phase of polls

BIHAR: Seven Lok Sabha constituencies go to the poll in Bihar on April 17 in the second of the six-phase election, for which security has been stepped up as many of the seats fall in the Maoist belt. An electorate of 11,85,07,86 is expected to exercise franchise in 11,846 polling stations to decide the fate of 117 candidates in Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Nalanda, Jehanabad, Munger, Ara and Buxar Lok Sabha constituencies. Prominent among the candidates are actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, former Home Secretary R K Singh, Lalu Prasad's eldest daughter Misa Bharti and her two uncles Ramkripal Yadav and Ranjan Yadav.