EC makes elaborate security for first phase LS polls in 8 UP seats today
The 8 seats where polling would be held in the first phase include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit.
The 8 seats where polling would be held in the first phase include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit.
Displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas, the public notice read.
“Approximately, 200 complaints have been filed by various political parties and candidates at the level of ECI and across states. Of these, action has been taken in 169 cases,” the poll panel said in a communiqué on Tuesday.
Trinamul Congress senior leader and minister Shashi Panja addressing the Media, said, “Our national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and our MPs are there in Jalpaiguri to meet the victims of the cyclone.
A slew of directions have been issued to the Central Observers.
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today came down heavily on the Election Commission of India for not giving permission to the state government to reconstruct the houses that got razed to the ground in Jalpaiguri due to a recent nor’wester.
In an effort to increase voter turnout across the northeastern states, the Election Commission has launched various initiatives tailored to the local traditions and culture of the region.
The interim vice-chancellor Gautam Chandra and some EC members waiting at the estate office of the BU at Rajbati in the town for several hours had to suspend the meeting.
Videography was also done in handful of booths earlier.
In its complaint, the saffron party alleged that the remarks by the TMC leader were serious violations of provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Representation of People Act, 1951 and the model code of conduct.
