By Nishan Pattanaik
KORAPUT: As the state of Odisha is set to vote from May 13 in the Lok Sabha election, Keerti Vasan V District Collector Koraput said that the authorities are completely ready and are ensuring security measures in the wake of election.
Speaking with pioneer Keerthi Vasan V said Koraput will go to polls on May 13 the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election while the first phase of state assembly election we have ensured all preparation as per the guidelines of ECI and we are totally ready.
Vasan also argued the voters to come out of home in large and be a part of the world’s largest democracy the general election 2024.
He added further: From the point of LWE (Left wing extremism) there has been no history of LWE related violence in the recent past. But we are keeping our guard up we are ensuring that sufficient security measures are taken. Police and CAPF are already deployed here.
Vasan V informed that there are a total of 1159 polling stations, and added 145 are critical where LWE moments occurs years ago we will be very alert in all those polling stations.
The Koraput DM also expressed confidence in the voting percentage and said- Regular flag marches area dominance and confidence building measures among the voters are being done.We are confident that many people will come out to cast their votes.
The Assembly election in Odisha will be held in four phases starting from May 13 to June 1st along with the Lok Sabha election the counting of votes will be on June 4th.
