Morung Express News
Dimapur | February 27
The Indian National Congress (INC) has accused supporters of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) of engaging in proxy voting and preventing legitimate voters from casting their ballots at four polling booths in Ungma village, located within the Aonglenden Assembly constituency in Mokokchung district.
The contest in this constituency is between Congress candidate Toshipokba and the NDPP’s Sharingain Longkumer, who is the incumbent speaker in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.
In addition, a complaint was filed by the chief agent of Toshipokba against the Booth Level Officer (BLO) of polling station-II in Ungma, alleging that the BLO had failed to issue voter slips to voters. The Congress candidate’s chief agent requested that the Returning Officer instruct the BLO to distribute the voter slips and take prompt action against the BLO for failing to do so.
“Your authority may direct the concern BLO for distribution of the voters slip so as to enable the voters to exercise their fundamental adult franchise as guaranteed by the Constitution of India and also to take immediate action against the BLO,” the complaint letter stated.
The Congress also reported a similar case in Tizit AC, where voters in Tizit village were allegedly being denied the opportunity to vote.
Congress candidate T Thomas Konyak is competing in a three-way contest against BJP's sitting MLA P Paiwang Konyak and Tahwang Angh of the Naga People's Front in Tizit.
