Uncertainty over Mandi bypoll schedule in rain-hit Kinnaur

Uncertainty hovered over Mandi Lok Sabha bye-election slated for June 23 in the disaster hit Kinnaur and chances of rescheduling of the schedule is not ruled out.
A meeting of the Election Commission of India is fixed for tomorrow in Delhi to take a final call on the polling schedule in Kinnaur keeping in view the ground reality after the heavy downpour in the region.
Official sources said the Election Commission may announce some other date for polling in the cut-off areas of Kinnaur.
According to a report submitted by the Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur, polling is not possible on June 23 at 103 out of 118 polling stations in the rain ravaged tribal Kinnaur district.

"The DC has conveyed that polling parties have not been able to reach polling stations catering to 90 per cent of the voters in tribal Kinnaur Assembly segment due massive landslides triggered by heavy rains," Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Kinnaur, P L Negi said.
Polling parties have not yet been airlifted from Rampur in Shimla to Kaza in Spiti tribal area due to weather constraints, sources added.