 "Women voters show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the first phase of the general elections, at Umpher in Ri-Bhoi district")
The Rastriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) was a key ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) when the Karakat and Ujiyarpur constituencies went to vote in the last parliamentary elections.
But this time, the scenario is quite different.
RLSP’s chief Upendra Kushwaha, who is contesting these two seats, is now a nominee of the Grand Alliance led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Besides Kushwaha, the other key candidate in the Karakat constituency is Mahabali Singh of Janata Dal United or JD(U), the NDA candidate.
Karakat will go to polls in the seventh and final phase on May 19.
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