New Delhi:Ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has deferred the election in Tripura citing deterioration in law and order and in Tamil Nadu's Vellore due to high point of Income Tax raids.
The election department stepped up security measures in East Tripura parliamentary constituency to create conducive atmosphere for polling on Wednesday, a day after the Election Commission deferred the election there.
Chief Electoral Officer, Sriram Taranikanti said additional security measures are being taken to ensure peace before polling in the constituency, where it was deferred from April 18 to April 23.
The cancellation of Lok Sabha elections in the Vellore constituency on Tuesday night by President Ram Nath Kovind was the result of the recent search and seizure of cash by the Income Tax (I-T) Department.
The President's decision, as recommended by the ECI, was based on the I-T department's raid on a cement warehouse belonging to a DMK functionary and the subsequent seizure of Rs 11.48 crore from there earlier this month.
The I-T officials had also carried out search and seizure operations on March 29-30 at the residences of DMK Treasurer Duraimurugan and his son Anand and at Kingston Medical College, run by the Duraimurugan Educational Trust. Duraimurgan's son D.M. Kathir Anand was the party's Lok Sabha candidate for the Vellore constituency.
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