Poll schedule for 3 Northeastern States likely by January 19

AGARTALA/KOHIMA: The schedule for the Assembly elections in three Northeastern states - Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya - is likely to be announced by January 19 by the Election Commission in Delhi, officials said on Monday.

A senior official said that the full Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar last week (January 11 to 14) visited the three Northeastern States and held a series of meetings with the political parties along with State and Central security and civil officials, especially the district level officials of the three States in the respective State capitals.

"The full EC would meet in Delhi and then is likely to announce the Assembly election schedule for three Northeastern States by Thursday", the official told IANS, refusing to be named.

The five-year term of the Legislative Assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura would end on March 12, March 15 and March 22 respectively, and before that period, new Assemblies have to be constituted. The official said that as per the instructions of the EC and as part of the confidence building measures, the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and State security force led by district officials have started flag marches in the sensitive, trouble-prone and mixed populated areas of the three States. (IANS)

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