Mizoram bye-election: ECI appoints three observers

By By Our Correspondent Oct 09, 2021 270

Four candidates of major political parties are contesting

Our Bureau

AIZAWL, October 09 2021: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday deployed three central observers for the upcoming bye-election to the Tuirial assembly constituency. Four candidates have filed nominations for the by-poll slated for October 30.

Tuirial assembly constituency is named after Tuirial River that flows across Mizoram and Assam.

The seat became vacant after the death of Andrew H Thangliana in August this year.

The ruling MNF, main opposition ZPM, Congress and BJP candidates filed their nominations Friday last.

The constituency has little over 17,900 voters including 663 Brus who are registered in Mizoram electoral rolls, but were languishing in makeshift camps in Tripura where they were given permanent settlement recently.

The ECI has not announced a decision whether these displaced Bru tribe voters will be given right to franchise.

Meanwhile ECI has notified deployment of three central observers for the bye-election. They are –

1 General Observer Mohammed Ali Shihab, IAS

Code No. G24452 Circuit House, Kolasib Phone No. 9436211062

Email ID: [email protected]

2 Police Observer SV Pathak, IPS

Code No. P22912 Circuit House, Kolasib Phone No. 9863825022

Email ID: [email protected]

3 Expenditure Observer Rajesh Kumar, IRS

Code No. R20851 Circuit House, Kolasib Phone No. 8980002555

Email ID: [email protected]