The Election Commission has appointed six sorts of observers in 3 election-sure states – Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland – to display the ballot technique and associated elements closely. Election officers stated on Friday that to behavior the polls “freely, fairly, fearlessly and with inducement”, six sorts of observers had been appointed from some of the in-carrier and retired IAS, IPS, IRS and principal authorities officers. The observers consist of trendy observers, police observers, expenditure observers, micro observers in every polling station, unique observers for unique instances and counting observers.
The Election Commission on Friday appointed 3 unique observers and requested them to visit Tripura without delay to take inventory of the situation, make sure right deployment of the Central Armed Police Force, accentuate enforcement measures and file to the commission. The 3 unique observers are Yogendra Tripathy, retired IAS officer of Karnataka cadre; Vivek Johri, former Director General of Police of Madhya Pradesh, and B Murali Kumar, IRS officer, who changed into the unique observer withinside the Gujarat meeting election final yr and the West Bengal election in 2021.
The Election Commission will officially problem a notification on Saturday for the February sixteen polling in Tripura and the filling of nomination papers might begin without delay. The final date of nomination in Tripura is January 30. The papers may be checked the following day. The final date for taking flight nominations is February 2. Elections to the 60-member assemblies in Meghalaya and Nagaland may be hung on February 27. Votes may be counted in all of the 3 states on March 2.
