New Delhi, Feb 21: Commuters are facing tough time in Guwahati as hundreds of city buses have been taken away for the election duty in the neighbouring states. More than 300 city buses have gone on election duty in Nagaland.
Passengers have to wait for long time at the stand. There are more than 1200 buses registered with the district transport office in Guwahati but not all of them are in a functioning condition. A top official of the transport department said the problem will continue till last week of February.
The northeastern states Meghalaya and Nagaland will go for voting on February 27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing election rallies in Nagaland and Meghalaya on Thursday to give a push to BJP’s victory prospect in the two poll-bound North-Eastern states.
From here the Prime Minister will go to Meghalaya to address a rally in West Garo Hills district, considered as the Congress bastion since statehood in 1972. BJP, which has fielded candidates on 47 seats out of a total of 60 in Meghalaya, is making strong efforts to throw Congress out of power. The entire town has been kept under tight vigil and district authorities are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that no law and order issue crop up the area.
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