Nagaland: Candidates of ULB elections appeal to govt. for expenditure recovery

Dimapur, March 7 (EMN): Candidates of the Urban Local Body (ULB)  elections 2017 to the Town Council of  Pungro Town has appealed to the state government ‘to  recover  the  expenditure  which were  outlaid  during the  election process,  if the government declared  their  cast  vote  as null and void.’

An update on Monday stated that the candidates also opposed the government’s decision on the induction of an advisory board to town councils. ‘In 2017, Nagaland witnessed violent protests against the ULB elections, which provided the contentious issue of 33% reservation for women. 

Thus the votes cast of the intended candidates of Pungro Town Council were still kept at ADC office Pungro town without counting,’ it read. It further requested the authority concerned to take ‘appropriate measures at the earliest time possible and fulfil the genuine demand of the candidates’.