A day earlier than the essential third part of polling within the ongoing meeting elections, the Elections Commission of India on Monday suspended six polling officers in Assam upon discovering that (*90*) votes had been solid at a sales space in Dima Hasao district that had solely 90 registered voters.
In an official assertion, the Election Commission stated that through the scrutiny of Presiding Officer diary and different paperwork, it was discovered that the presiding officer and the polling officers of 107 – A Khothlir I.P. School have allowed (*90*) individuals to solid votes towards the full 90 voters aginst that polling stations.
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As per the discover, rhe Presiding and 1st Polling officer, of their statements, have admitted that they allowed the voters registered towards the principle polling station to solid their votes within the auxiliary polling station.
Taking notice of this lapse, the District Election Officer has suspended the Sector Officer, the Presiding Officer and three different polling officers for ‘dereliction of responsibility’.
The six officers who’ve been suspended, with quick impact, are recognized as: Seikhosiem Lhangum (Sector Officer), Prahlad Ch Roy (Presiding Officer), Parameswar Charangsa (1st Polling Officer), Swaraj Kanti Das (2nd Polling Officer) and Lalzamlo Thiek (third Polling Officer).
As per the official round, the polling company has beneficial repoll at sales space of those polling stations.
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Assam is holding a three-phase Assembly elections. The first part was held on March 27, adopted by second part on April 1. The third, and remaining part is scheduled for April 6. A voter turnout of about 77.21 per cent was recorded within the second part of the meeting election on Thursday.
