Election observer for Tawang interacts with officials, parties

Itanagar: The electoral roll observer for Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh Rinchin Tashi on Wednesday visited the border town of Tawang and had interaction with the election functionaries. The programme was attended by representatives of various political parties, an official communiqué informed.

Extra Assistant Commissioner (Election) Lobsang Tsetan gave a detailed report on the progress of electoral roll after which the District Election Officer Sang Phuntosk requested the block level officers (BLOs) and representatives of political parties to place their grievances if any before the roll observer. Addressing the gathering Tashi informed that prior to his visit to Tawang he visited Jang-Mukto and Lumla constituencies where he also visited a few polling stations.

He said he was satisfied with the infrastructure in polling stations, which are available as per requirements set by ECI. He also requested the political parties to cooperate and educate the voters in this process of revision work and said that the hearing for all the claims and objections would begin with effect from Thursday, the communiqué added.