Trpura recorded 13.69 per cent voter turnout till 9 am in the ongoing polling for 60 Assembly seats, the Election Commission (EC) informed on Thursday.
Central Armed Police Forces personnel helped the 85-year-old woman to enter the polling booth at 37/7 in Saashima High School in South Belonia, Tripura.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged all citizens of Tripura to cast their votes as the polling for the Tripura Assembly elections began on Thursday amid tight security.
Tripura is the first state to go to the polls this year. While polling for Nagaland and Meghalaya assemblies will be held on February 27, five more states face elections this year in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Tripura will go to the polls on Thursday in a multi-cornered contest in which the ruling BJP is facing a challenge from Left-Congress combine besides Tripra Motha. Trinamool Congress has also put up candidates on several seats.
As the high voltage poll campaign ended in Tripura, the district administration of West Tripura have prepared adequate security arrangements on multiple fronts-- ranging from establishing a mega control room or helpline centre, to conduct a hassle-free election.
Ahead of the Tripura Assembly polls, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday wrote to the Election Commission seeking a high-level investigation into alleged "secret meeting" of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with State Election Authority and Director General of Police.
The Chief Minister said "Our government has a zero-tolerance policy for drugs. Many generations have been destroyed due to it... During the Communist regime, even we were not aware that this huge quantity of Ganja was supplied in Tripura. After 2018, it came to our notice ...thousands of