Forces redeployment may hit polls, says CM

Guwahati, April 25. (PTI): Assam Chief Minister P K Mahanta today expressed apprehension that the redeployment of security forces from within the State on the Assam-Bangladesh border following the boundary clashes between BSF and BDR could affect the conduct of the Assembly election.

Asked by reporters at a press conference here if the redeployment of security forces from within the State to the international boundary following the attacks there by BDR could have an impact on the polls, Mahanta said, ``it can create trouble''.

Security forces available for the polls were not sufficient, he said. The ULFA had begun threatening the AGP members in Nalbari and Bongaigaon districts and served notices on them to abstain from the polls, he said.

The Government had information of some of the AGP contestants being targeted by the extremist outfits.

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