Economic blockade will not impact poll process: EC

Manipur Chief Electoral officer Vivek Kumar Dewangan today said the ongoing economic blockade will "not impact" the poll process in the state, where Assembly elections are scheduled on March 4 and March 8.

"The economic blockade will not impact the polling process in the state. 250 companies of central police forces will be arriving in the state for poll duty. We have trained the poll personnel so that elections can be held without any problem.

"Even the group who have called this blockade have not given any call to boycott the elections. So we do not think that this blockade will impact the poll process," Dewangan told

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