Grenade Explodes outside Candidate's Home in Northeast India
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Next month, people in northeast India will be casting their ballots in regional elections. But security concerns are growing, after a grenade went off outside one candidate's home on Saturday.
On Saturday, a bomb exploded outside one candidate's home who is running for office in India's northeastern state of Assam. It happened Saturday at Dulen Nayak's residence. He's a candidate from the regional Asom Gana Parishad party.
According to local media reports, some unidentified people hurled the grenade at Nayak's house, but no one was injured.
[Dulen Nayak, Candidate, Asom Gana Parishad Party]:
"We suspect one of our opposition parties is behind it."
AGP supporters are condemning the blast... calling for security arrangements to be stepped up in the region before state polls.
[Deepak Tanti, All Assam Tea Tribes Assoc.]:
"So we condemn this. We just want to say that we are going to agitate and we ask, request the police force to come and give adequate security for them."
Assam will hold two-phase elections in which 62 constituencies will go to polls on April 4, while the remaining 64 constituencies will vote on April 11.
The Election Commission says close to 24,000 polling booths are being set up for the state's electorate of 18 million.
Presently, the Congress party rules in Assam and a good performance may boost its fortunes in the next general election in 2014.
Next month, people in northeast India will be casting their ballots in regional elections. But security concerns are growing, after a grenade went off outside one candidate's home on Saturday.
On Saturday, a bomb exploded outside one candidate's home who is running for office in India's northeastern state of Assam. It happened Saturday at Dulen Nayak's residence. He's a candidate from the regional Asom Gana Parishad party.
According to local media reports, some unidentified people hurled the grenade at Nayak's house, but no one was injured.
[Dulen Nayak, Candidate, Asom Gana Parishad Party]:
"We suspect one of our opposition parties is behind it."
AGP supporters are condemning the blast... calling for security arrangements to be stepped up in the region before state polls.
[Deepak Tanti, All Assam Tea Tribes Assoc.]:
"So we condemn this. We just want to say that we are going to agitate and we ask, request the police force to come and give adequate security for them."
Assam will hold two-phase elections in which 62 constituencies will go to polls on April 4, while the remaining 64 constituencies will vote on April 11.
The Election Commission says close to 24,000 polling booths are being set up for the state's electorate of 18 million.
Presently, the Congress party rules in Assam and a good performance may boost its fortunes in the next general election in 2014.