Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 22:
The State Election Commission is making preparations for holding the lotteries for identifying reserved seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women for the grain panchayat and zila parishad polls within December 6.The election is scheduled on February 13 next year.
A source in the Election Commission office said that the election notification will be issued before December 20 next.
The term of the present gram panchayat and zilla parishad administrations expires on March 4 and 14 respectively.
In the elections, one voter will cast his vote thrice to elect one zilla parishad member, one gram sabha pradhan and one gram sabha territorial council member.
A total of 61 zilla parishad members, 165 pradhans and 1556 territorial council members will be elected in the polls, the source added.
The source said that the State Government is yet to release any fund to the EC even though it has started making full arrangement for holding the polls in February next year.
All the required items are currently procured from private shops on credit.