20 hyper- sensitive, 444 sensitive booths

The Election Commission has categorized 20 polling stations of Tripura as hyper- sensitive and 444 as sensitive out of total 3095 polling booths.

EC had deployed security forces well before the election across the country to ensure free and fair polling. About 4000 Central Paramilitary Forces ( CPMF) has already been deployed across the state two days ago. Police however, maintained that 18 booths of 20 hyper- sensitive have been identified in East Tripura tribal reserved parliamentary constituency across backward locations of North Tripura and Dhalai districts where there are still presence of insurgents.

In hyper- sensitive booths three- tire security would be erected with CPMF and in sensitive booths will also be guarded by CPMF along with state police personnel.

Apart from that both air and surface surveillance would be strengthened further across the state before and during poll, police officials maintained adding that BSF have been put on high alert along Indo- Bangladesh border.

Around 20000 security personnel including 15000 state Police and TSR jawans would be deployed to ensure law and order in the state during poll. The EC is still contemplating for webcasting in 100 randomly selected polling stations.

13 candidates including major parties - CPI( M), Congress, BJP, Trinamool Congress and Aam Admi Party have submitted nomination for West Tripura parliamentary constituency where election to be held on April 7.

Meanwhile, CPI( M) nominee and Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chaudhury has filed his nomination for East Tripura tribal reserved seat for April 12 polling on 20^th March, 2014. Congress, Trinamool, BJP and Aam Admi Party will submit nomination on 23^rd and 24^th March 2014.