The recent polling might be held on Wednesday from 7 am to 4 pm
Kohima:
The Election Commission on Tuesday introduced re-polling in 4 polling stations in Nagaland, the place Assembly polls have been held in 59 of the 60 constituencies.
The recent polling might be held on Wednesday from 7 am to 4 pm at New Colony polling station (Zunheboto meeting constituency), Pangti-V (Sanis AC), Jaboka Village (Tizit AC), Pathso East Wing (Thonohy AC).
The Election Commission in a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Nagaland V Shashank Shekhar stated that “on the idea of reviews submitted by General Observers, and after taking all materials circumstances into consideration, the Commission hereby declared that the ballot taken on February 27 on the 4 polling stations to be void and appoints the March 1 (Wednesday) because the date of recent ballot.”
Some incidents of violence have been reported in 5 districts – Mokokchung, Wokha, Mon, Zunheboto and Tseminyu.
In Akuk village below the Bhandari Assembly constituency in Wokha district, supporters of a candidate attacked the rival celebration employees utilizing sharp-edged weapons during which three individuals have been injured.
Firing by underground militants, and stone pelting by rival celebration employees was additionally reported in Wokha and Mon districts injuring 5 folks, together with two safety personnel.
Meanwhile, the Nagaland authorities on Tuesday prohibited cellular web and knowledge service of all of the service suppliers in all the Kiphire district with fast impact until additional orders in view of the stress within the district after Monday’s elections.
Nagaland Home Commissioner Abhijit Sinha in a notification stated that messaging companies like SMS and WhatsApp and different social media platforms could possibly be used for spreading rumours, false data, and for circulating inflammatory texts, photos, movies and many others. which can exacerbate the legislation and order state of affairs.
Votes might be counted in Nagaland, together with Tripura and Meghalaya, on Thursday.
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