1 Dead In Nagaland Poll Violence, Turnout Low In Meghalaya | Read

One person has been killed and two injured in poll-related clashes in Nagaland's Zunheboto district where voting was underway along with Meghalaya today. The two tribal-Christian-majority north-eastern states have 60 seats and elections are being held for 59 seats. The BJP, which is already in power in Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, hopes to add Congress-ruled Meghalaya to its kitty and wrest power in Nagaland through its regional ally. The elections in Nagaland follow a huge mid-campaign row with political parties refusing to issue tickets unless the Centre settled the peace process. In Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma was battling on two fronts - internal dissidence and the external challenge from the BJP. A village council member was injured in a crude bomb blast at a polling station in Nagaland's Mon district before the polling began.