Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 05 2009:
Four candidates will be vying with each other in the forthcoming bye-election to Yaiskul assembly constituency in Imphal East district as none of the candidates has withdrawn their nomination papers till the last hour of withdrawal of nominations expired at 3 pm today.
E Suraj (Congress), Hanjabam Jaydev (Independent), Soubam Rajen (Janata Dal-Secular) and Aribam Jagadish (Independent) are the four contenders in the bye-election.
The polling to the bye-election will go on December 19 .
Symbols of the candidates have also been allotted.
Hand symbol of Congress allotted to Congress candidate Suraj, a lady carrying paddy on her head allotted to S Rajenkumar (JDS), basket to Jagadish Jaydev (independent) and candle to Jaydev.
By-election to the Yaiskul assembly constituency is to be held to fill the vacant seat of the constituency due to the death of Congress MLA E Kunjakeshore who was the father of congress candidate Suraj.
Meanwhile, a meeting which was participated by all four candidates, election observer, Dr Chandramohon was.
Political observers considered the bye-election as an acid test for the popularity of the present Congress-led Secular Progressive Front ministry of Chief Minister Ibobi in the wake of killing of a youth by police commandos in an alleged encounter on July 23 at Imphal market complex and the consequent spate of agitations.
In the meeting which Returning Officer (RO) of the bye-election attended discussed on does and don't as by the candidates contesting in the bye-election.
After the meeting over, RO, Yumnam Robita said her office procured 40 EVMs for the bye-election.
Out of this three will keep as reserved after one each distributed to each 28 polling stations which will go on poll on December 19 .
Training of polling personnel will be conducted on December 7 and 8.Candidates and his workers can avail detail information regarding EVMs from her office, she added.
Out of the total 28 polling stations, election authority has put nine under sensitive category while the rest 19 under normal category.
Paramilitary forces for utilizing in the bye-election will arrived on or before December 28 .