Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has urged the state election commission (SEC) to ensure that proper electoral roll was prepared without any bias for the ensuing municipal and town councils elections.
In a letter to the state election commissioner, the NPCC vice president, Khriedi Theunuo, said some GBs within the municipal and town councils were found to be members and office bearers in the political party and their service was being utilized by the government in the present special summary revision.
Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee expressed concern that unless the government prove beyond doubt the integrity of the said GBs in discharging their powers and functions without bias, the present special summary revision for municipal and town councils election would be treated as bias and cannot be accepted.
NPCC was reacting to a reply given to District Congress Committee (DCC) Dimapur by SEC vide No.SEC/MTC ELE-17/2016/107 dated Kohima November 11, 2016, which stated that “This exercise being a Special Summary Revision, no enumerators are being used. The GBs and ward Chairman/members were utilized to identify voters from 2016 ECI Electoral Roll to ascertain and segregate the voters according to the wards only. The GBs being a representative to the government irrespective of any government in power is to exercise their powers and functions without bias in case instances come to your notice, this may be brought to the notice of the ERO and AERO”.