Polling officers carry ballot boxes and other equipment at Bijni on Wednesday
GUWAHATI: Over 10 lakh voters will give mandate to 111 candidates in the last and final phase of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) council polls on Thursday.
The fate of former BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary and former deputy chief Khampa Borgoyary (both from the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), along with several top Bodo leaders, will be decided in the second phase of elections. Polling will start at 7:30 am in the morning and conclude at 4:30 pm.
Hagrama, under whose leadership the BPF has ruled the BTC for three consecutive terms since 2005, is contesting from Debargaon and Kachugaon council constituencies.