EC calls off Vellore poll, shifts Tripura to 3rd Phase |
Election Commission of India has announced that Lok Sabha elections to be held in Vellore have been cancelled on grounds of misuse of money. Tamil Nadu goes to the polling for 38 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats tomorrow, as elections in Vellore has been rescinded following reports of the large-scale illegal flow of cash. 18 Assembly seats also go to the bye-elections on Thursday. For the polling in 38 other seats, five-tier security arrangements have been made, with the deployment of nearly 1.39 lakh police, central paramilitary forces and ex-servicemen. The Election Commission has also deferred the polling schedule of the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat to the third phase on April 23 from the second phase, due to security reasons. The Commission said, the law and order situation prevailing, is not conducive to the holding of free and fair poll, citing reports of state chief electoral officer and special police observer. It said, the returning officer had feared that miscreant elements may thwart the polling process in the constituency. The poll panel said, based on the ground and intelligence reports, he had requested for additional central police force.
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