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Lone voter in Gir: Why this temple priest is one of India's most prized voters

Ahmedabad: He remains one of India's most prized voters. Mahant Bharatdas Darshandas is the lone voter in the midst of Gujarat's Gir forest, home to the Asiatic lion, for whom an entire election team sets

IANS Published : Apr 21, 2014 12:55 IST, Updated : Apr 21, 2014 12:57 IST
Banej falls under Una assembly segment of the Junagadh parliamentary constituency.

According to Pandey, the poll team will travel in a SUV from Una to Banej.

Has the polling team ever encountered lions while travelling to Banej?

"A couple of forest guards always accompany the polling team. Till date there has been no incident of any wild animals attacking the polling team," Lalit Padalia, Joint Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat, told IANS on phone.

Though in the normal course polling hours extend through the day, the election team at Banej would be able to wind up and return the minute Darshandas has pressed the EVM button and his finger is marked with the indelible ink, said Pandey.

Across Junagadh, the Election Commission will set up 2,203 polling stations on April 30, he added.

Gujarat, the home state of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, will have single phase polling for the 26 Lok Sabha seats on April 30.

Prominent among the 334 candidates in fray are Modi, the Gujarat chief minister, senior BJP leader L. K. Advani and senior Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry.
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