1st phase of training of poll parties for Municipality election begins at Silchar Govt Boys School

Feb. 22: The first phase of training of polling personnel in connection with Sonai & Lakhipur Municipal Board Election, 2022 started on Tuesday at on at Government Boys School, Silchar. The training will be held on 25, 28 February and 3 to 4 March, 2022. The training was held in two shifts, from 11 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 4 PM.

During the 1st phase of the training session, DDC Rajib Roy, Himashri Deka, Assistant Commissioner, Navanita Hazarika- Election Officer, Bikash Chetri, ALRA & CO Sonai, Sudeep Nath, ACS were present in the training venue.

Himashri Deka, Assistant Commissioner, Cachar was entrusted the onus of officer in-charge of the training session. Further, a total of 6 Master Trainers were drafted for conducting the training sessions. They are: Dr Apratim Nag & Joydeep Paul of GC College, Sudarshan Gupta & Arunabha Bhattacharjee of Radhamadhab College, Dr Gongesh Bhattacharjee of JN Singh College and Dr Saumitra Nath from Silchar Polytechnic. Further SB Dutta Choudhury, Development Officer of LIC was also drafted to liaison with the Master Trainers and provide necessary support to them.

State Election Commission has announced the schedule for elections to 80 Municipal Boards of Assam today. Elections will be held on 6 March, 2022 and results will be declared on 9 March, 2022.  Assam State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar stated that it is for the first time in the history of Assam that M2 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used during the Municipal elections.