Congress’ Mahendra Karma's son Chabindra, leader Kawasi Lakma, BJP’s Soyam Mukka and Chaitram Atami, who supported and participated in the Salwa Judum movement, are fighting elections from Dantewada and Sukma the hotbed of Naxals in Chhattisgarh
"For the smooth conduct of the election, we will be using all tech resources under our disposal. I won t be able to disclose their total numbers for security reasons," said Sundarraj who is Inspector General of Police of the Bastar range, a 39,000 sq. km area that comprises seven districts - Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, and Sukma.
Dubbakonta was the hub of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) till last year because of which villagers had never seen a polling booth or cast their vote. However, EVMs will arrive in the area for the first time on November 7