Action against Home Guards who refused poll duties in Assam
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Sat, Apr 3 2021 16:57 IST |
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Guwahati/Silchar : , April 3 (IANS) The authorities in Assam are likely to take action against over 500 Home Guards who refused to perform election duties and went to their homes, officials said on Saturday.
Cachar district Police Superintendent Bhanwar Lal Meena said that conduct of the second phase of the Assembly election in southern Assam on Thursday was not hampered and the election process was very peaceful and smooth despite the Home Guards refusing to perform election duties.
The authorities in Assam are likely to take action against over 500 Home Guards who refused to perform election duties and went to their homes, officials said on Saturday. Cachar district Police Superintendent Bhanwar Lal Meena said that conduct of the second phase of the Assembly election in southern Assam on Thursday was not hampered and the election process was very peaceful and smooth despite the Home Guards refusing to perform election duties. Hinting to take actions against the disgruntled Home Guards, the district police chief said that a section of the personnel (Home Guards) did not keen to hear the logic of the authorities about their wages.
Mistreatment forced us not to perform poll duties in Assam allege Home Guard personnel (Ld)
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Sat, Apr 3 2021 21:06 IST |
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Guwahati/Silchar : , April 3 (IANS) The Home Guard personnel in Assam on Saturday alleged that due to the inhuman treatments and negligence of the Cachar district authorities they had been forced to return to their homes without performing election duties in the second phase of polling on Thursday.
On behalf of the distressed Home Guard personnel, Sanjib Das said that when they went to perform the election duties in the first phase of polling in eastern Assam on March 27, they got Rs 5,100 and the authorities have properly taken care of.