Arunachal election: Trouble during nomination paper scrutiny, security forces fire in air
Arunachal Pradesh. There was trouble during the scrutiny of nomination papers.
A senior police officer who does not want to be named told ET, “There was stone pelting by a group during the scrutiny of the nomination papers, security forces had to fire in the air to disperse the crowd. Superintendent of Police Dekio Gumja sustained injuries in the stone pelting.”
The assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh will be held in the first phase on April 19. Nominations ended on Wednesday.
Elections to the 25 Lok Sabha seats across eight northeastern states will be held in the first three phases of the seven-phase 2024 parliamentary elections, with 15 seats, including one (Outer Manipur) partly, going to the polls in the first phase (April 19), seven (one partly-- Outer Manipur) in the second phase (April 26) and four in the third phase (May 7).
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the schedule of Assembly elections of the two northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, along with two other states — Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
The assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh (60 seats) and Sikkim (32 seats) will be held in the first phase on April 19.
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