In Tripura, voting facilities for elderly voters and Divyang voters at their homes has started in the state today. Chief Electoral Officer Kiran Gitte said that 8000 eligible voters have opted for this voting facility across the state and to be continued for three days.
Gitte urged voters to maintain the secrecy of their voting rights.
Earlier, on Tuesday the CEO in a press conference said, adequate security arrangements have been made to ensure violence-free elections.
“If there is any incident, we are going to take immediate action. We have to ensure zero-violence polls”, he said.
Gitte told the media that the Election Commission planned a three-tier security arrangement for the elections .
“CAPF will be deployed in all the 3,337 booths while the security personnel would be deployed in double strength in the polling stations where more than 30 minutes is required to reach”, he said.
Besides, the bordering and sensitive polling stations would also have deployment of security forces in double strength. Along with the candidates, security would also be ensured for the polling agents, he added.
He also said, over 250 Naka points are there in the state and all these are functioning 24×7.
The CEO said, in view of the assembly elections, the law and order situation in the state has been monitored since August last year. He said, arrest warrants have been issued against a total of 1,610 persons under non-bailable sections during this period.
He also said, the Election Commission sought cooperation from the Border Security Force (BSF) so that the voters residing on the other side of the border fencing could cast their votes. A list of 134 such voters has been handed over to BSF.
Speaking to the media, State Police Nodal Officer and IG Crime of Tripura Police- G.K. Rao said, 62 incidents were registered and 54 persons were arrested since announcement of the elections till February 5 last. He also said, notices were issued against 214 persons during this period.
Meanwhile, all the political parties and candidates are trying to attract voters through rallies and road shows.
In the meantime , all the senior leaders of the contesting parties are holding rallies across the state.
(With inputs from Tripura Times)
