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UWAHATI: The Tarun Gogoi government on Tuesday forced Arunachal Pradesh to pull down two booths the latter had set up in Assam's Sivasagar
district. This caused disruption in polling, around 9-30 am.. The stations were erected for voters of Kanubari Assembly constituency of the neighbouring state. The incident has further aggravated the decades-long boundary dispute between the two countries.
"Polling was being held under thick security blanket. When we went there, an additional deputy commissioner of Tirap reached the spot and showed a Supreme Court order asking to maintain status quo on the border till the one-man commission set up by the apex court completes its findings," Sivasagar district administration officials said.
Sivasar district authorities said Arunachal Pradesh had secretly set up two polling stations at Naharani and Ashimbasti villages in the Charaipung area of Sonari sub-division on Monday night and started conducting polling on Tuesday.
Polling at Naharani was stopped around 9.30 am. At Ashimbasti, it came to an end at 11 am. There was a mild protest from people of Arunachal, who blocked the road to stop Sivasagar district authorities to reach the polling station.
"Tirap district authorities said they had the polling stations even in the last Lok sabha elections but that's not true. This is the first time that Arunachal has set up polling stations in the area," an Assam government official said.
The two villages are located across the Teok river on the Assam side, which has been claimed by Assam as the boundary between the two states. These two villages, however, have a sizeable population of Arunachalis, who have been living in harmony with Assamese people for about two decades.
There are 144 Arunachali voters at Naharani and 75 at Ashimbasti. Sivasgar district authorities said these people have always refused to enroll their names in the electoral rolls of Assam in spite of residing in the state.
It is belived that people living in these two villages have been settled by Arunachal Pradesh government long back illegally and that it provides electricity and drinking water to them. The two villages are located about 40 km east of sub-division headquarters of Sonari.
UWAHATI: The Tarun Gogoi government on Tuesday forced Arunachal Pradesh to pull down two booths the latter had set up in Assam's Sivasagar
district. This caused disruption in polling, around 9-30 am.. The stations were erected for voters of Kanubari Assembly constituency of the neighbouring state. The incident has further aggravated the decades-long boundary dispute between the two countries.
"Polling was being held under thick security blanket. When we went there, an additional deputy commissioner of Tirap reached the spot and showed a Supreme Court order asking to maintain status quo on the border till the one-man commission set up by the apex court completes its findings," Sivasagar district administration officials said.
Sivasar district authorities said Arunachal Pradesh had secretly set up two polling stations at Naharani and Ashimbasti villages in the Charaipung area of Sonari sub-division on Monday night and started conducting polling on Tuesday.
Polling at Naharani was stopped around 9.30 am. At Ashimbasti, it came to an end at 11 am. There was a mild protest from people of Arunachal, who blocked the road to stop Sivasagar district authorities to reach the polling station.
"Tirap district authorities said they had the polling stations even in the last Lok sabha elections but that's not true. This is the first time that Arunachal has set up polling stations in the area," an Assam government official said.
The two villages are located across the Teok river on the Assam side, which has been claimed by Assam as the boundary between the two states. These two villages, however, have a sizeable population of Arunachalis, who have been living in harmony with Assamese people for about two decades.
There are 144 Arunachali voters at Naharani and 75 at Ashimbasti. Sivasgar district authorities said these people have always refused to enroll their names in the electoral rolls of Assam in spite of residing in the state.
It is belived that people living in these two villages have been settled by Arunachal Pradesh government long back illegally and that it provides electricity and drinking water to them. The two villages are located about 40 km east of sub-division headquarters of Sonari.
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