Bru Voters

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  Names Of Over 6,000 Bru Voters Deleted From Mizoram's Voters List

  The names of over 6,000 Bru voters have been deleted from Mizoram's voter list, officials said on Wednesday.

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  Tripura Assembly Poll Remains "Largely Violence-Free": Election Body

  The Election Commission on Thursday said the Tripura assembly polls remained "largely violence-free", with Bru migrant voters being able to exercise their franchise for the first time in many years.

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  Biggest Challenge To Restore Public Faith: Mizoram's Poll Panel Chief

  Mizoram's new chief electoral officer has said the "biggest challenge" for him has been to restore public faith in the election process after intense protests by civil society and political groups against his predecessor. Ashish Kundra, who took charge as the new CEO after S B Shashank was removed amid protests over allowing Bru voters lodged in Tr...

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  Bru Tribals In North Tripura To Vote In Mizoram's Kanhmun Village

  Bru voters residing in North Tripura would exercise their franchise at Kanhmun village in Mizoram's Mamit district during the Assembly polls, the Election Commission said Thursday.

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  Bru Tribals Likely To Vote From Border Village: Mizoram Poll Officer

  Mizoram's newly appointed Chief Electoral Officer Ashish Kundra said Friday Bru voters housed in north Tripura relief camps were likely to exercise their franchise from Kanhmun village on the Mizoram-Tripura border in the upcoming assembly polls.

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  After Protests, Poll Body Removes Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer

  The Election Commission (EC) today removed S B Shashank as chief electoral officer of poll-bound Mizoram and appointed IAS officer Ashish Kundra. The order came after some civil society groups in Mizoram demanded Shashank's ouster over a row on allowing Bru voters lodged in Tripura relief camps to exercise their franchise from there.

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  BJP To Woo Chakma, Bru Voters In Mizoram

  The BJP has asked its Tripura unit with the responsibility of wooing Chakma and Bru voters in five Assembly constituencies of Mizoram, dominated by people belonging to the two ethnic communities, a senior party leader said.

• Election Commission defers Mizoram polling date to April 11

  The Election Commission (EC) today deferred the polling date for election to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram and by-poll to Hrangturzo Assembly seat to April 11 from April 9 in view of a state-wide bandh called against exercise of franchise by Bru voters lodged in Tripura camps through postal ballots.

• Mizoram polls: Kolasib Deputy Commissioner removed after goof-up in printing ballots

  Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer of Kolasib district on Mizoram-Assam border R. Lalramnghaka was transferred after a faux pas was detected in the printing of postal ballots to be used for the Bru voters in the Tripura relief camps.

• Mizoram: Polling officials reach Bru refugee camps

  The polling party today reached the six relief camps for Bru refugees in North Tripura district and would supervise polling by Bru voters on Tuesday and Wednesday while the polling in the election to the 40-member Mizoram assembly to be held on November 25.

• Special drive to include Brus in voters list

  A special drive to include eligible voters in the Bru relief camps in North Tripura district began from Friday, election officials said.

• Bru community voters in Mizoram to exercise franchise through postal ballot

  Bru voters in the six north Tripura relief camps would exercise their franchise through postal ballots in the coming Mizoram Assembly polls scheduled to be held on December 4.