Countering Violence At Polls For Election
Posted on 02 November 2011
The first phase of polls for election in Assam, India passed off peacefully, with 73% voter turnout. Local authorities are more concerned about the second and final phase of polls on April 11, and they are deploying about 500 companies of additional paramilitary forces to counter the threat of violence from suspected rebels of the Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB.
Several violent incidents involving militant groups have taken place over the last month, and police say that they are apprehensive that violence might take place during the final phase of the Assembly poll. This is mostly due to the fact that the second phase polling will be held in the lower Assam and Bodo belt areas, along the border with Bhutan, where the Paresh Barua faction of Ulfa and the NDFB are active.
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