Guwahati: The Election Commission (EC) has ordered re-polling in 4 polling stations in southern Assam, the place regular balloting was held in the second part of polling on April 1, officers stated on Saturday (March 10).
The EC Secretary Ajay Kumar Verma wrote a letter to the Assam Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade and stated that contemplating all of the stories and different circumstances, the EC has ordered re-polling in 4 polling stations on April 20, information company IANS reported.
Quoting the EC order, the election officers stated that the re-polling could be held in Indira M.V. School (Right) beneath Ratabari (SC) assembly constituency, Madhya Dhanchari Lower Primary School beneath Sonai assembly phase, Khothlir Lower Primary School and Mualdam Lower Primary School each beneath Halflong (ST) assembly seat.
Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker and BJP candidate Aminul Haque Laskar, who’s contesting from the Sonai Assembly constituency as a BJP nominee, was quizzed twice whereas 5 police personnel hooked up to him had been suspended after they allegedly opened fireplace on the public in the course of the second part of polling on April 1.
Cachar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Keerthi Jalli has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident. District Development Commissioner B.C. Das has been requested to conduct the probe and submit a report in this regard.
Laskar additionally advised the media that the safety personnel opened fireplace to guard his life throughout a conflict between the rival political events. The opposition events have demanded his arrest.
At least six polling personnel had been suspended in Assam`s Dima Hasao district after it was discovered {that a} sales space — Khothlir Lower Primary School — with 90 legitimate voters registered 181 votes in the course of the second part of polls on April 1.
The repolling could be held on the Mualdam Lower Primary School in reference to the poll mismatch in Khothlir Lower Primary School. The Election Commission earlier suspended the presiding officer, three different polling officers and an armed escort official related to Indira M.V. School beneath Ratabari (SC) assembly constituency after an EVM was discovered in a BJP candidate`s spouse`s automobile on April 1.
The Karimganj District Magistrate (DM) Anbamuthan MP (Repeat Anbamuthan MP) has ordered a magisterial inquiry and the police arrested three individuals in reference to the EVM discovered in a BJP candidate spouse`s automobile.
The three-phase elections to the 126-member Assam assembly had been held on March 27, April 1 and April 6. The outcomes could be declared on May 2.
