Arunachal Pradesh begins voting for 2 Lok Sabha seats, 49 Assembly seats

Itanagar, April 9 (ANI): Polling began on Wednesday in Arunachal Pradesh for 2 Lok Sabha seats and also 49 of the 60 Assembly seats in phase two of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections. The main contest will be between Congress and BJP but new entrant Naga Peoples Front (NPF), along with PPA and NCP are expected to put up formidable fight in several seats. The polling will be done in 2,158 voting booths across Arunachal Pradesh with 24 companies of central paramilitary forces already deployed getting the help of another 20 companies of central paramilitary forces along with over 8,000 policemen.