Guwahati: The Election Commission stated that registered voters living in the villages along the contentious border with Assam are eligible to vote in the upcoming Meghalaya Assembly elections.
Speaking with the media in Shillong following a review meeting of the state’s election readiness on Friday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, “People living in villages along the disputed border can participate in the elections despite what has happened. Both sides have held joint meetings and discussions are taking place at the senior level as well. We are alive to the situation and there is nothing to worry.”
The CEC continued by saying there was no issue. “We have reviewed the situation at our end and district officials from both sides have had detailed meetings,” he said.
According to Kumar, the panel had directed 16 central agencies to collaborate in areas where spending was a concern. Five tribal villagers from Meghalaya and a forest guard from Assam were among the six people who died in a fight along the disputed border in November of last year.