A total of 40 companies of the Central Armed Paramilitary Forces (CAPF) have been deployed to Meghalaya to assist in the conduct of free and fair Lok Sabha elections in the state tomorrow.

Lobzang, the Vice President of SKM had contested from Barfung constituency on an SKM ticket in 2019.

He was arrested by the Sadar Police from his residence in Sumbuk late last night.

There are a total of 4,63,929 voters in Sikkim (as on 16/03/2024), out of which 2,32,381 are male voters and 2,31,545 are female voters.

There will be 2,226 polling stations spread over the entire state.