Greater than 600 voters of a distant tribal village in Dhalai district, a part of Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency, abstained from voting on Friday because of the unrepaired situation of a 7-km village highway, an election official stated.
The villagers, numbering round 900, have been persistently demanding repairs for months, emphasising the highway’s important significance to their neighborhood, the official added.
“As per schedule, the polling team reached Sadai Mohan Para polling station under Raima Valley Assembly constituency in Tripura East Lok Sabha seat,” the Sub-Divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) of Gandacherra (Raima Valley), Arindam Das, informed PTI over the telephone.
The villagers are standing outdoors the polling sales space however not getting into it to solid their votes as they’re protesting in opposition to authorities apathy, the official stated.
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“We are hopeful the villagers will join the festival of democracy, and the administration will look into their demands seriously”, he stated.
The villagers have additionally complained concerning the consuming water drawback, Das stated, including that after getting the report, a workforce of officers rushed to Sadai Mohan Para to influence the voters to train their democratic rights.
“I heard voters of two polling booths, one at Maldapara (Sadai Moha Para) in Dhalai district and another at Ampi in Gumati district, are not going to cast their votes as their demand for road and water supply has not been addressed. Officials have gone there to persuade the villagers to cast their vote in the elections,” state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath informed the media.
“Apart from two incidents, the polling was moderate and peaceful in all the booths so far. The CPI(M) has failed to send polling agents to the booths. It seems it is fleeing the battleground,” Nath added.