Bru (ethnic group) individuals present their ID playing cards as they wait to forged their votes for the second section of Lok Sabha elections, at a particular polling middle arrange about 170 Km away from Agartala on April 26, 2024.
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For the primary time, the newly settled Bru voters of Tripura exercised their franchise for the General Elections to Lok Sabha 2024 on April 26. Earlier, that they had voted in the meeting elections held final yr in March. The Bru migrants who had been staying in six aid camps of North Tripura district until 2020 now acquired everlasting settlement in 12 areas throughout the state.
Since the morning, eligible voters from the Bru neighborhood turned up in giant numbers on the polling stations. At the Goenang Para polling station in the Tirthamukh space below the Gomati district, a whole lot of Bru voters forged their votes. Speaking to media individuals after casting his vote, a Bru neighborhood voter stated, “We have never voted in the MP elections of Tripura. We are very happy to participate in the democratic exercise. The total number of voters in this particular polling station stands at 609.”
Meanwhile, individuals residing in a distant space of Tripura’s Dhalai district selected boats as their mode of journey for exercising their franchise rights. The Election Commission of India took to its official X deal with and posted the pictures of individuals coming by boats to forged their votes.”Vote By Boat! Anchoring the selection: Voters of 44/68 Raima Valley AS distant space of Dhalai district, Tripura are coming to forged their votes through the use of boats,” the EC stated in a submit.
Tripura is main the voter turnout charts after 54.47 per cent voting share was recorded in the state until 1 pm as per the information launched by the Election Commission of India. Voting for the second section of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 started at 7 am on Friday throughout 88 Parliamentary Constituencies unfold over 12 States and Union Territories. According to the information of Chief Electoral Officer Tripura, the variety of whole eligible Bru voters stands at 17,524. Out of them, 16,300 voters are enrolled in the electoral rolls of East Tripura whereas the remainder of the others voted in the primary section of polls held on April 19.