Did you know this village in Arunachal Pradesh voted for first time in history of election
ITANAGAR | April 18, 2019:
People of Gyapin, a remote village in Kurung Kumey district, voted for the first time in their own village, in the history of elections in India, during the first phase of polling on April 11.
Electoral officers with the help of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, which is deployed on India-China border for border security and management duty in the state, helped to ensure voting in the village.
There are only 346 voters in the village, out of which most of the families have migrated to Itanagar and population mainly consists of floating numbers in the village.
The polling party escorted by the ITBP walked for 6 days to cover total 90 kilometres with many motivated ITBP jawans and local youth. And only after 3 days of voting, the polling party was able to reach back to submit the EVM at the village panchayat.
However, people casting votes in their village for the first time voted with full enthusiasm.
(ANI)