Proxy voting alleged In Heingang AC
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 19 2024:
A complaint demanding re-poll has been filed with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manipur alleging proxy voting at Lairenjao Girls' High School polling station, in Heingang Mayai Leikai under chief minister N Biren's Heingang assembly constituency in the first phase voting for the 18th Lok Sabha election on Friday.
According to the complaint filed by one Naoroibam Ratan, he as well as several voters found their votes already cast when they went to the polling station to exercise their voting rights.
Terming proxy voting as a violation of democratic right of the citizen and an affront to democratic principles, the complainant appealed to the CEO Manipur to conduct repoll in the polling station and provide the voters their democratic rights.