Itanagar: With barely two days remaining for campaigning to end for bye-election to Hayuliang Assembly constituency in remote Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, the heat and dust of electioneering is gaining momentum with both the women candidates trying their best to woo voters.
North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) candidate Dasanglu Pul, the youngest among the three wives of former Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, contesting on a BJP ticket, is locking horn with Independent candidate Yompi Kri.
Addressing an election rally at Hayuliang on Monday, Chief Minister Pema Khandu appealed to the people to vote for Dasanglu as a mark of respect to the former chief minister.
While assuring the people of his government’s all-out support for the overall development of the border district, he also promised to review road compensation rate, promote large cardamom cultivation and shift the present firing range of the Army at Cherang to elsewhere, an official communiqué said.
The constituency with a total electorate of 11,003, including 5,508 female voters, has 81 polling stations.
The seat had fallen vacant after Pul committed suicide on August 9 this year. The counting of votes will take place on November 22. (PTI)
