New Delhi: Voting within the Outer Manipur constituency shall be held in two phases, and people residing in camps in violence-hit state shall be allowed to vote from their camps, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar mentioned on Saturday.Because the Election Fee introduced the dates for Lok Sabha polls, queries have been raised over the variety of seats totalling as much as 544, as an alternative of 543. Kumar mentioned the rise was because of Outer Manipur being counted twice, since polls shall be held there in two phases.
The elections for 2 Lok Sabha seats in Manipur shall be held in two phases on April 19 and 26.Whereas Inside Manipur and a few segments of Outer Manipur will vote within the first section on April 19, the remaining segments of Outer Manipur will vote in Part 2 on April 26.Requested in regards to the state of affairs in Manipur, the Chief Election Commissioner mentioned, we are going to make all preparations.
We now have drawn a scheme, which we’ve got notified… to permit the voters within the camp to vote from the camp. Like there’s a scheme for Jammu and Kashmir migrants … identical manner the scheme will applied in Manipur. Voters shall be allowed to vote from the respective camps… from the decrease constituency to increased and better to decrease, Kumar mentioned.
My attraction to the voters is that allow us resolve by means of the poll, peacefully by collaborating within the elections, we are going to make the preparations, he added.Ethnic clashes between the Meitei and tribal Kuki communities in Manipur since Could final yr have resulted within the lack of over 200 lives.In line with officers, over 25,000 folks have been rescued by the safety forces, whereas round 50,000 live in camps following the unrest.
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