December 5, 2018: Today the first phase of the Panchayat polls has started in Assam. An unprecedented security arrangement has been made by the administration to avoid any kind of untoward incident during the highly mercurial elections. A total of 97,45,709 voters will exercise their franchise in 14,077 polling booths to decide the fate of 43,515 candidates contesting in the four tier 15,899 constituencies.
In Bihpuria's 1 no. Rajabari ward tension roused when around 300 voters' names are missing from the voter list. As reports, in the earlier voter list, these 300 names were included, while in the new list names are missing.Â
All the voters protesting in the voting booth centre. Voters threatened to boycott the polls until those voters whose names are missing from the list will be allowed to cast their votes.Â
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