The Naga Peoples Front (NPF) on Saturday directed all its leaders to immediately constitute coordination committees at the divisional, area, town and village levels to extend full cooperation to and participate in the election meetings of Congress candidate K.L. Chishi.

NPF secretary general and Rajya Sabha MP K.G. Kenye, in a circular, said the directive is in accordance with the decision taken by the NPF and the declaration made by party president Shürhozelie Liezietsu in its consultative meeting on March 30, to extend support to the Congress candidate in the Lok Sabha polls. The NPF has not fielded any candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland which goes to the the polls on April 11.

Kenye also directed setting up of more coordination committees in all the 2,227 polling stations, if required.

“In the absence of Congress workers at any level, the NPF party authorities are entrusted to ensure that the polling agents are appointed at the instance of the NPF authorities,” the circular said.

The NPF also asked its office-bearers at all levels to issue all necessary communication to their subordinates.

It said the itinerary of Chishi will be intimated at the earliest.

CEO directive: Nagaland chief electoral officer (CEO) Abhijit Sinha on Saturday asked all the security agencies to increase vigil and take measures to improve the overall situation.

He also directed all the districts to complete distribution of photo voter slips immediately and submit the report to his office at the earliest.

Sinha said special expenditure observer D.D. Goel has reviewed the election expenditure monitoring measures and issued instructions to all the nodal officers to make the system more effective.

He said social welfare secretary Sarah R. Ritse, who has been appointed as the accessibility observer, was touring the districts to get first-hand information of the measures being taken for people with disabilities in polling stations.