Agartala, April 20 -- The Election Commission has taken a slew of measures including appointment of four central police observers to hold the third phase of polling in the Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency, where election was deferred to April 23, citing an "unconducive security situation", an official said here on Saturday.
In an unprecedented move, the poll panel has appointed three central police observers and a special central police observer to closely oversee the use of security forces in polling in the mountainous tribal reserved parliamentary constituency.
"Plenty of forces, specially the central forces would be deployed in all the 1,645 polling stations in 1,349 locations, spread across six districts under the Tripura East Lok ...