Manipur, April 19 -- Assembly segments going for polls in 1st phase are 31 assembly constituencies included in Inner Manipur along with the seven valley constituencies of Wangkhem, Heirok, Wangjing Tentha, Khangabok, Wabgai, Kakching, Hiyanglam and Sugnu, besides Chandel, Saikul, Kangpokpi, Saitu, Henglep, Churachandpur, Saikot and Singhat included in Outer Manipur constituency.

In short, the Election Commission of India (ECI) wants to conduct elections in the volatile areas in the first phase. The communal clashes and violence are mostly in the fringe areas of the valley bordering Kangpokpi and Churachandpur districts followed by Thoubal and that is where most of the central forces are deployed since the outbreak of the violence.

Kangp...