NEW DELHI: A nearly 20-strong team will trek through some of India's remotest terrain to reach a single voter and collect her ballot in the ...
NEW DELHI: A nearly 20-strong team will trek through some of India's remotest terrain to reach a single voter and collect her ballot in the country's mammoth elections, an official said Monday .
One is Sokela Tayang, 39, the sole registered voter in Malogam - a tiny hamlet in the isolated and contested northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh along the border with China. Once in the village in Anjaw district, rules dictate they must keep the voting booth open all day - even though just Tayang will be exercising her franchise."Even if she casts her vote in the morning, we have to remain open until 5pm in keeping with the election commission guidelines," Riba said.The Press Trust of India news agency reported that the tiny outpost had two voters in 2014, the other being Tayang's husband.
The state, south of Tibet, is claimed in part by China, whose forces crossed the border briefly in the 1960s during a war with India.
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