A high level source of the state election commission said that, the commission is all set to hold the poll in the month of May.
“The state election commission had recently held a crucial meeting for the KAAC polls and to finalise the poll dates,” the source said.
The source also said that, the commission has decided to hold the polls by the ballot papers.
On the other hand, the state election commission has directed the Deputy Commissioner of West Karbi Anglong district and Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) of Bokajan to procure the required ballot boxes.
In a letter (SEC.60/2016/17) sent to the DC of West Karbi Anglong district and SDO (Civil) of Bokajan, the state election commission said that, 70 numbers big size ballot boxes are required by the DC of West Karbi Anglong district and 52 numbers boxes required by the SDO (Civil) of Bokajan.
The state election commission has directed the DC of West Karbi Anglong district to procure the required ballot boxes from the available stock of the DC of Nagaon district and the SDO (Civil) of Bokajan to procure the required boxes from the stock of the DC of Golaghat district.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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