The land-locked region sends 25 members to the lower house of parliament, and the electorates exercised their franchises through electronic voting machines in all three phases, with more than 10 per cent more voter turnout than the national average.
It was raining very heavily on the night of 27 April, and a storm had lashed along to make matters worse. It was also going to be the first light soon, and the sentries at that moment had just let their guards down.
A total of 1,351 nominees will seek electoral mandates in this phase, where the counting of votes will take place on 4 June (after four more phases of polling scheduled for 13, 20, 25 May and 1 June) and the results of the general elections in 2024 are expected the same day.
The problem is not confined to the decades-old matters related to the indigenous communities living in different parts of the region.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking heavily on clinching victory in nearly all 25 seats, underscoring its concerted bid to solidify its hold in the region and diminish the long-standing dominance of the Indian National Congress.
This comes after the Indian Army cautioned about several fake videos on the security situation in Manipur being circulated.
The Home Minister also spoke with the CM of neighbouring states to be more cautious until the situation in Manipur is controlled properly.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his happiness over the installation of 254 4G mobile towers in Arunachal Pradesh.
The household consumers in various localities recently came to the streets drawing attention of Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL), a division of the state-run electricity board, about their unusually high electricity bills.
Manipur has been seeing a plethora of events for the last few days. First came vociferous demand for the implementation of NRC in the state.
