Imphal, March 20: The elections to the Autonomous (Hills) District Councils which would come up after around 20 years of gap is all set to conduct in two phases. Polling is expected on May 3 and 10 of this year.
Official source said that the state election commission is on hectic efforts to publish the final electoral roll of the ADC on April 27. The commission has put up the proposal with regard to the schedule of the election to the state government seeking clearance on the same.
There is a tentative understanding on the election schedule in a consultation meeting with top officials concern of the state government which state DGP, Y Joykumar also attended, the source said.
The decision so far taken to conduct the election in two phases was taken considering DGP's observation on the security point of view. Police department may face manpower shortage if the election is held in one phase, the DGP opined, the source said.
Elections to the ADCs of Senapati, Sadar Hills and Chandel are likely to be included in the first phase elections while, Ukhrul, Tamenglong and Churachandpur is the second phase for the time being.
A tentative electoral roll has been published earlier compared to the list of the electoral published before the Lok Sabha elections, the latest elections held in the state. Rectification and inclusion of new electoral roll is in hectic effort at the DCs and SDOs levels, the source said adding that the same is targeting to complete within the current month.
The elections is to be held to elect 144 members of six ADCs- Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel, Churachandpur, Tamenglong and Sadar Hill (Kangpokpi) ADCs with 28 members in each ADC. DCs concerns had started preparation for the smooth conduct of the elections, the source maintained.
It is worth mentioning that electioneering of the ADC elections had already started at various levels. Political parties like the Congress have already started election campaign.
Hueiyen News Service
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