EC directs officials to set up special polling stations for displaced voters in Manipur
Election Commission has directed the authorities in Manipur to make arrangements to ensure and facilitate all Internally Displaced People (IDPs) to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha elections at the special polling stations without any difficulty.
The special polling stations would be set up in all the relief camps in different districts so that the voters among the IDPs could cast their votes in the two phases of Lok Sabha elections on April 19 and 26.
A 6-member Election Commission team led by Dharmendra Sharma, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner arrived in Imphal on Thursday and conducted a thorough review of the election preparedness. The ECI team also reviewed the preparedness of elections with the District Election Officers and Superintendents of Police of all 16 districts.
Officials of ECI team also undertook field visits to Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts.
Joint Chief Electoral officer Ramananda Nongmeikapam said that it was emphasised in the review meeting that adequate and wide campaigns would be done for voting at the special polling stations so that no eligible voter is left behind.
“District Election Officers have also been advised to take utmost care and ensure that all protocols as stipulated by Commission should be complied in letter and spirit,” he said.
The Manipur government is currently operating around 320 relief camps with more than 59,000 men, women and children staying there.
The ECI delegation interacted with Chief Secretary Vineet Joshi, Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar.
