Election Commission has appointed 149 Micro observers for 6-Agartala and 8-Town Bordowali Assembly constituencies for smooth conduct of bye-election. A one-day training camp for micro-observers was held at Agartala Muktadhara Hall. Inaugurating the training camp, General observer to the Bye-election of 6-Agartala Assembly constituency, Dr. Partha Sarathi Mishra, IAS said micro observers have an important role to play in conducting an election. The micro observers have to work with responsibility to make the whole voting process transparent. The Election Commission of India has appointed them for this purpose. The main responsibility of micro-observers is to ensure that there is no disruption in the voting process at the polling station.
Speaking on the occasion, Gautam Majumder, IAS, general observer to the by-election in the 8-Town Bordowali assembly constituency, said that the micro-observers have a responsibility to ensure that every voter can exercise his or her civil rights impartially. The Election Commission of India is delegating this responsibility to them. He hopes that the micro-observers will take that responsibility seriously.
At the training camp, West Tripura District Magistrate Debapriya Bardhan said that micro-observers should act impartially as per the election guidelines of the Election Commission of India. They will keep a close eye on the secrecy of the voting process, whether anyone is obstructing the voting process or if there is any disruption in the conduct of the voting process at the polling stations. Also present at the training programme were Asim Saha, Returning Officer of Sadar Sub-division, Baijayanta Das, Additional Sub-divisional Magistrate of Sadar Sub-division and Debashish Das, Secretary of West Tripura Zilla Parishad.
