Poor turnout at Nedumkayam station
The Hindu
Only 272 tribespeople cast votes at high security booth
As many as 272 tribespeople belonging to the primitive Cholanaikar, Kattunaikar and Paniya tribes cast their votes at a high-security polling booth set up in the Nedumkayam forest near Nilambur on Tuesday. Many of them travelled miles through the jungle to reach the polling station. Apart from the police, personnel of the BSF, Thunderbolt, and anti-Naxal force guarded the Nedumkayam polling station in the light of Maoist threat. Booth No.170 at Nedumkayam was the only polling station inside the forest.More Related News

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