Congress writes to EC for re-polls in 2 Assembly seats of Nagaland

New Delhi: In a petition submitted to the Election Commission on Monday, Congress requested a re-poll in a few polling places for two Assembly seats in Nagaland, claiming reports of purported booth capture by a few people.

Ajoy Kumar, the AICC representative for Nagaland, mentioned allegations of booth capture and EVM tampering in the Aolengden and Tizit Assembly constituencies in a letter to the Election Commission.

"The issue relates to polling booths being captured by certain individuals; polling agents being forced to vacate their station; and voters being blocked from casting their votes in the respective polling booths in (a) 26 Assembly Constituency – Aolengden and post-poll EVMs being tampered in (b) 41 Assembly Constituency – Tizit, during the ongoing day of polling of the Legislative Assembly Elections in Nagaland," Kumar said in the letter.

He claimed that voters in six out of the 17 polling booths in Aolengden could not properly vote for their respective political parties, while the NDPP candidate prevented the voters from entering polling booths 1, 2 and 3 in Ungama village.

Kumar said voters in Nokyan and Nangtan villages under the Tizit Assembly seat were not allowed to enter their polling booths.

He alleged the Congress candidate had filed a complaint with the returning officer of the Tizit Assembly seat but no action or investigation has been initiated.

Kumar claimed that certain individuals have been tampering with post-polled EVM machines in Jakoba village at Tizit.

Kumar urged the Commission to take action against those capturing polling booths and direct re-polling in the said polling booths.

With PTI inputs