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Women from the nearby Khulazu Bawe village are among a host of local stakeholders trying to clean up elections in Chetheba and its surrounding villages..
Its local ground hosted a Common Platform debate, organised by the Chokri Area Baptist Church Council (CABCC) and the Chakhesang Clean Election Movement (CCEM)..
The debates are held under the banner of the Clean Election movement, which is supported by the Nagaland Baptist Church Council, the apex association of Baptist churches in the state..
One of the main aims of these debates is to keep candidates and parties out of the villages and homes of voters, which is where the distribution of money takes place..
Vedayi Nyekha, a resident of Chetheba and the former president of the Chakhesang Public Organisation, the apex body of Chakhesang, said giving money to voters during elections has become like a custom...
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