New voting will be held on Wednesday from 7am to 4pm
Kohima:
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced re-votes at four polling stations in Nagaland, where Parliamentary votes are held in 59 of the 60 constituencies.
New voting will be held on Wednesday from 7am to 4pm at New Colony polling station (Zunheboto council constituency), Pangti-V (Sanis AC), Jaboka Village (Tizit AC) , Pathso East Wing (Thonohy AC).
The Election Commission in a letter to the Chief Election Officer (CEO), Nagaland V Shashank Shekhar said that “on the basis of the reports submitted by the Joint Observers and after considering all the significant circumstances , the Commission announced that the vote conducted on 27 February at the four polling stations would be null and void and designated 1 March (Wednesday) as the new voting date.”
Several incidents of violence were reported in five districts – Mokokchung, Wokha, Mon, Zunheboto and Tseminyu.
In Akuk village in the Bhandari Council constituency in Wokha district, supporters of one candidate attacked rival party workers with sharp-edged weapons, injuring three people.
Shootings by underground fighters and stoning by opposition workers were also reported in Wokha and Mon districts, injuring five people, including two security personnel.
Meanwhile, the Nagaland government on Tuesday banned the data and mobile internet services of all service providers in the entire Kiphire district with immediate effect until further orders due to tensions. in the county after Monday’s election.
Nagaland Home Affairs Commissioner Abhijit Sinha in a statement said that messaging services such as SMS and WhatsApp as well as other social media platforms can be used to spread rumors, misinformation and to circulate inciting texts, pictures, videos, etc. may aggravate the law and order situation.
Votes will be counted in Nagaland, along with Tripura and Meghalaya, on Thursday.
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