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Chakmas and Hajongs: Chakmas and Hajongs are refugees who came from erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) five decades ago and are living in northeast. Chakmas and Hajongs were originally residents of Chittagong Hill Tracts in erstwhile East Pakistan. They had fled their homeland after it was submerged by Kaptai dam project in 1960s. Chakmas are …

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What is VVPAT? VVPAT stands for Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail. The VVPAT system is an initiative of the Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections. In the VVPAT system, when a voter presses the button for a candidate of his choice in the electronic voting machines (EVM), a paper ballot containing the serial …

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