More than a thousand policemen from Mizoram faced challenges in voting during the Lok Sabha polls on April 19, as revealed by state election officials.
These officers were stationed in different states for election duty well ahead of April 19, the voting day in Mizoram, according to state election department representatives.
Although there were plans to facilitate their voting through special centres, these arrangements fell through because the officers had to depart the state before candidates were finalised, state officials explained.
Despite repeated appeals to the Election Commission for allowing these officers to vote, their requests were reportedly turned down by the central election body, officials lamented.
In response, the People's Conference (PC) party reached out to SB Joshi, principal secretary of the Election Commission, urging the commission to enable the 1,047 policemen from Mizoram to cast their votes before the vote counting process.
The party criticised the authorities for not implementing the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS) for the policemen and stressed that these 1,047 votes could have made a significant difference in the election outcome in a small state like Mizoram.
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