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Mizoram polls: Refugees in Tripura cast postal ballots

Aizawl: Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Kanchanpur and Panisagar began casting their votes on Tuesday through postal ballots for the assembly polls in Mizoram . These refugees have been living in these

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Aizawl: Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Kanchanpur and Panisagar began casting their votes on Tuesday through postal ballots for the assembly polls in Mizoram .




These refugees have been living in these camps for last 16 years.

They were casting votes for 10 constituencies in four districts of Mizoram.

Of the 37,625 Reang tribal refugees, locally known as ‘Bru', living in the refugee camps in Kanchanpur and Panisagar in North Tripura since 1997, only 11,340 were listed in Mizoram's electoral rolls.

The voting process started from 8 AM and continued till 4 PM and will be completed in two days time.

Huge number of voters was witnessed outside the polling station

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