Morning Digest | India has established mechanism to resolve ‘friction’ on Indo-China border; only J&K residents can enrol as voters and more
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India has established mechanism to resolve ‘friction’ on Indo-China border: Lt. Gen Kalita
India has an established mechanism to resolve any “friction” related to the international border with China in Arunachal Pradesh, GOC-in-Chief, Eastern Command, Lt. General Rana Pratap Kalita said on August 20, 2022.
To a question about the past disputes between the two countries on the Sino-Indian border issue along Arunachal Pradesh, the senior army officer told reporters that the particular stretch of border is demarcated by the McMahon Line.
Only J&K residents can enrol as voters
The J&K government on Saturday clarified that only existing residents of the J&K who have attained the age of 18 years would be enlisted in the electoral rolls but remained silent if domicile was a requirement for outsiders to get registered as voters or not.
The government described the media reports that more than 25 lakh additions in the electoral rolls as a misrepresentation of facts, which was being spread by the vested interests.”
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