Agartala/Aizawl: Reang tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in Tripura for the past 16 years, Tuesday began casting their votes through postal ballots for the assembly polls in Mizoram, officials said.
The elections to the 40-seat Mizoram assembly are scheduled to be held Nov 25.
"Six facilitation centers were set up in the refugee camps in north Tripura so that the eligible refugee voters could cast their votes by postal ballots for the Mizoram assembly polls," North Tripura's Kanchanpur sub-divisional Deputy Collector Anupam Chakraborty told IANS over phone.
"The balloting would continue till Wednesday...," Chakraborty said.
He said: "The facilitation centres have been set up under the guidance of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The commission has been supervising the electoral works of these centres. Tripura government has provided the logistical support like security to these facilitation centres."
The ECI appointed Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha as the special observer of the voting of the refugees.
