Agartala, March 31: The ruling Left Front in Tripura today announced its list of all the 28 candidates for the May 3 Autonomous District Council elections.
The Front’s convenor and sitting CPM MP, Khagen Das, announced the list that has eight new faces, including three women. Das said the Front would win all the 28 seats as it did last time.
The Front’s announcement came on a day the state election commission, headed by principal secretary Y.P. Singh, announced the detailed schedule of the council election.
Singh told reporters that the model code of conduct for the parties had come into force, adding that the notifications by the governor and the state election commission would be issued on April 5.
“The last date for filing nominations is April 12, that of withdrawal of candidature will fall on April 16 preceded by scrutiny of papers on the 13th. Polling in all the 28 seats across the four districts of the state will be on May 3,” Singh said, adding that counting would take place on May 7.
The term of the present council will expire on May 19 and the entire polling process will have to be completed by May 12, he added.
“For the ADC polls, we will have 1,006 polling booths. We have sought 30 companies of paramilitary forces from the Union home ministry. Hopefully it will be enough to conduct the polls peacefully and smoothly.”
The CPM will contest 25 seats, leaving one each for the CPI, the RSP and the Forward Bloc, Das said. The RSP has changed its candidate, he added.
Das said the Opposition parties in collaboration with “separatist and militant elements” were conspiring to reduce the election to a farce.
The Front’s convenor and sitting CPM MP, Khagen Das, announced the list that has eight new faces, including three women. Das said the Front would win all the 28 seats as it did last time.
The Front’s announcement came on a day the state election commission, headed by principal secretary Y.P. Singh, announced the detailed schedule of the council election.
Singh told reporters that the model code of conduct for the parties had come into force, adding that the notifications by the governor and the state election commission would be issued on April 5.
“The last date for filing nominations is April 12, that of withdrawal of candidature will fall on April 16 preceded by scrutiny of papers on the 13th. Polling in all the 28 seats across the four districts of the state will be on May 3,” Singh said, adding that counting would take place on May 7.
The term of the present council will expire on May 19 and the entire polling process will have to be completed by May 12, he added.
“For the ADC polls, we will have 1,006 polling booths. We have sought 30 companies of paramilitary forces from the Union home ministry. Hopefully it will be enough to conduct the polls peacefully and smoothly.”
The CPM will contest 25 seats, leaving one each for the CPI, the RSP and the Forward Bloc, Das said. The RSP has changed its candidate, he added.
Das said the Opposition parties in collaboration with “separatist and militant elements” were conspiring to reduce the election to a farce.
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