Kohima, Mar 6: After a gap of 20 years, Nagaland will hold the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), which will be held in April 2024.

The State Election Commission (SEC) has initiated a special summary revision of the electoral rolls for the ULB elections, including municipal polls.

Municipal elections in Nagaland were first held in 2004, and the terms of the civic bodies ended in 2009-10.

An official of the SEC said that the commission would announce the schedule of the ULB elections only after the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls.

Earlier on several occasions, the Nagaland government had announced to conduct elections to the ULBs, but strong opposition from the tribal bodies and civil society organisations against 33 per cent reservation for women and tax on land and properties had held back the polls.

In 2017, violent protests were witnessed after the then Naga People’s Front government led by former Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang tried to hold the elections, leading to the killing of two persons besides injuring many, while government properties and offices were also vandalised and damaged.

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