Polling will be held at 3,419 polling stations across 59 Assembly constituencies in the state. The voting will begin at 7 am and continue till 4 pm on Monday.
Polling will be held at 3,419 polling stations across 59 Assembly constituencies in the state. The voting will begin at 7 am and continue till 4 pm, on Monday. Of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 36 fall in Khasi, Jaintia Hills region while 24 are in Garo Hills region.
Meghalaya has shared a 443 km border with Bangladesh and 885 km with Assam. Voting for the 60-seat Meghalaya Legislative Assembly will be held in a single phase on February 27. The counting of votes will be done on March 2.
More than 1,000 security personnel including Meghalaya Police and Central Armed Police Forces have been deployed in the route of the roadshow and Police Bazar point in Shillong.
So far, the top Congress leadership has been absent from the campaign scene in the three northeastern poll-bound states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland barring party president Mallikarjun Kharge addressing an election rally in Nagaland only on Tuesday.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra expressed her anger on the state government while addressing a public rally as part of campaigning for legislative assembly polls scheduled to be held in the state on February 27.
Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is the convenor of the North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), was in Shillong to oversee BJP's campaigning for the Meghalaya polls, said, "Last time BJP won two seats and this time we are contesting in 60 seats. This time our government will be formed. This time t
Addressing a public meeting in Dalu, Shah said, "Assam availing all facilities of the central government. But these facilities are not only for Assam but for Meghalaya also. The Meghalaya Chief Minister not letting people here avail of the facilities."
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Meghalaya Pradesh Mahila Congress on Thursday announced the names of 10 women candidates for the upcoming Meghalaya Polls.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Wednesday urged people to reject the 'vendetta politics' of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and their misleading promises in the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly polls.