TIA NEWS /
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for February 15 polls for single-phase Assembly elections in Uttarakhand and second phase in Uttar Pradesh.
Voters will exercise their franchise to elect 69 members of the 70-member Assembly in Uttarakhand,. The elections for Karnaprayag seat in Chamoli district, which was postponed following the death of BSP candidate Kuldeep Singh Kanwasi, will be held on the 9th of next month.
In Uttar Pradesh, polling for the second phase will be held in 67 constituencies spread over 11 districts. Election for the Alapur constituency, which was postponed following SP candidate Chandrashekhar’s death, will also be held on the 9th of next month.
The districts going for polls in the second phase include Saharanpur, Bijnore, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri and Badayun. Barricades have been erected at the entry points of districts where round the clock intense search of vehicles is being carried out by security forces.
The Indo-Nepal border and the boundaries connecting to Uttarakhand have been sealed. Special instructions have been given to check illegal money and liquor.
Meanwhile, campaigning has intensified in areas going to polls in remaining 5 phases of 7-phase polls in the state.
Today is also the last date for filing of nominations for the sixth phase, in which 49 constituencies will go to polls on the 4th of next month. Uttar Pradesh has a 403-member Assembly.