Sons are 'Suresh, Vikash and Santosh'
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Copies of separate e-roll entries reportedly made by Home Minister Kuzholuzo Nienu in Phek. [/caption]
Kohima Bureau
Kohima, Mar. 2 (EMN): As the election process draws fast to a close, formal complaints lodged by candidates against irregularities by rival candidates continue to surface in abundance. The latest is one on the Home Minister Kuzholuzo Nienu, who is contesting at 19th Phek assembly constituency (AC) with the Naga People’s Front (NPF) ticket. The Phek unit of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) has submitted documents to the returning officer in concern informing him about Nienu’s double enumeration in the electoral roll: one at Phek town B/wing (Bethany-I colony) where his age is recorded as 52 years and house number is listed as 178; and the other at Phek town C/wing (Jericho-II colony) where his age is listed as 50 years and the house numbered as EH3.
At Bethany-I colony e-roll, names of nine persons were enumerated as children (six sons and three daughters) of Nienu with the same house number. Interestingly, their recorded ages were of 50 years, 40 years, two 31 years, three 30 years and one 29 years, while the names of three sons were Suresh, Vikash and Santosh.
In Jericho-II colony e-roll as well, nine names were enumerated as his children, but some of their names and age were different: 42, two 37, 36, 33, 34, two 32 and one 22 years.
Rival NDPP candidate from the constituency Kupota Khesoh has written a letter of complaint to the returning officer of the constituency on Feb. 28 highlighting that the NPF's candidate Nienu and his family members had double entry in the e-roll. He produced ‘material evidence’ (copies of the entries) to the official stating that they were self-explanatory.
Khesoh alleged also that the same electors were found casting their votes at both the polling booths and stated that footage of said polling booths ‘will reveal the facts.’
In this connection, the NDPP candidate has demanded necessary action according to provisions and relevant sections of the Representation of People’s Act of 1951 and election conduct rules.
