Tripura Assembly By-Elections 2023: Central Forces To Be Deployed in Bypolls for Two Seats on September 5
Various collaborative efforts alongside law enforcement bodies, including the central forces, specially the Border Security Force (BSF) being initiated to make the by-elections free, fair and incident free, he said.
Agartala, August 10: The Election Commission, responding to the opposition parties’ demands, on Thursday announced that central paramilitary forces will be deployed for the by-elections to two Assembly seats in Tripura on September 5. Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal said that to conduct a transparent and tranquil by-elections, a series of measures would be taken to tackle potential infringements and uphold the overall security of the process.
Various collaborative efforts alongside law enforcement bodies, including the central forces, specially the Border Security Force (BSF) being initiated to make the by-elections free, fair and incident free, he said. Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023 Opinion Poll Results: 40% People Prefer Ashok Gehlot Over Sachin Pilot to Be Congress' CM Face, Finds ABP-CVoter Survey.
Agarwal said that he already held meetings with Chief Secretary Jitendra Kumar Sinha, Director General of Police Amitabh Ranjan and senior other officials and leaders of all political parties. A total of 93,234 voters are eligible to cast their votes in Dhanpur and Boxanagar assembly seats on September 5. The statutory notification for the by-elections was issued on Thursday. As per the schedule, the last date of filing nominations is August 17 and the scrutiny of candidatures would take place next day. The last date of withdrawal of nominations is August 21. Votes would be counted on September 8. Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: BRS Will Surely Come Back To Power in State, Says CM K Chandrasekhar Rao.
The by-election in Dhanpur assembly seat was necessitated after Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik resigned from the Assembly days after her election from the seat as BJP nominee in February 16 Assembly elections, result of which was declared on March 2. The Muslim-dominated Boxanagar assembly seat fell vacant after the death of sitting CPI-M MLA Samsul Haque, who died here on July 19 after a cardiac attack.
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