Arunachal ready for Lok Sabha and state polls amid rain threat

Itanagar: With the weather likely to play spoilsport, Arunachal Pradesh is all set to vote on Friday to elect two Lok Sabha MPs and 50 MLAs.In the 60-member assembly, the BJP has already won 10 constituencies unopposed.In the Arunachal West parliamentary seat, eight candidates are in the fray including Union earth sciences minister Kiren Rijiju and state Congress president Nabam Tuki.Sitting BJP MP Tapir Gao and state Congress vice-president Bosiram Siram are among six candidates who are contesting from Arunachal East.All arrangements have been completed to conduct polling which will begin at 7 am and continue till 5pm.The IMD has forecast moderate to high rainfall in the northeastern state during the poll day.“We have arranged temporary shelters with all basic facilities in the polling booths where people can wait if the weather is not conducive,” chief electoral officer (CEO) Pawan Kumar Sain said. PTI

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