Mizoram CEO to leave for Delhi on summons by EC
Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) SB Shashank, whose removal has been demanded by the Chief Minister and several NGOs, said he would leave for New Delhi today after being summoned by the Election Commission. Meanwhile, hundreds of members of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) continued their picketing in front of the CEO's office from 8 am. Read more.
Picketing to be called off only after departure of Shashank
The Chairman of the NGO Coordination Committee, Vanlalruata, said the picketing would be called off only after the departure of Shashank. The meeting of a visiting Election Commission team, state government officials, and leaders of the NGO Coordination Committee on the current standoff in Aizwal yesterday remained inconclusive as the EC team said that the final call would be made by the commission.
Agitators protesting against removal of State's Principal Secretary also
Vanlalruata also said that Bru voters in the Tripura relief camps should exercise their franchise in their respective polling stations in Mizoram. Thousands of people from the Bru community fled Mizoram in the late 1990s following ethnic clashes. The agitators are also protesting the removal of the state's Principal Secretary (Home) Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, a native of the state and Gujarat-cadre IAS officer.
