KOHIMA: Amid voting for the assembly elections in Nagaland, supporters of the National People’s Party (NPP) and Naga People’s Front (NPF) engaged in a clash at Bhandari assembly constituency in Nagaland on Monday (February 27).
According to reports, NPF supporters allegedly shot at NPP workers and supporters, which left few NPP supporters injured.
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Notably, personnel of central armed forces have been deployed in heavy numbers across Nagaland to ensure a violence-free and fair election.
The NDPP and the BJP are contesting the Nagaland assembly elections on the 40:20 seats sharing formula that both the parties adopted in the 2018 assembly elections in the state.
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The Congress is contesting on 23 seats, the NPF in 22 and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) in 15.
A total of 183 candidates are in the fray in the Nagaland assembly elections.
Out of the total 183 candidates in Nagaland, only four are women candidates.