Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 25: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to provide two additional companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF) to ensure free and fair civic polls in Tripura.
The apex court asked the Centre and Tripura government to ensure necessary arrangements for safety of ballots and counting of votes.
Earlier, Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to postpone Tripura municipal polls scheduled on November 25 and suggested the state to consider deployment of additional forces for conducting free and fair polls and the declaration of results.
Meanwhile, elections for over 200 seats in municipal bodies of Tripura are currently underway. Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) had announced the election to 20 urban local bodies, including Agartala Municipal Corporation in all the eight districts in the state. The counting will be held on November 28, which will commence from 8 am.
“The entire process of elections is slated to end on December 4,” said Tripura SEC ML Dey.
Interestingly, this will be the first civic polls that the BJP will contest after coming to power in Tripura in 2018.
