Give saffron party a chance: KA paul
Bhopal: Alleging that graft reached its nadir in Congress-led rule, Indian-American evangelist KA Paul followed in the footsteps of religious leaders, who appealed for votes to be cast for certain parties in this general election by urging Muslims and Christians to give the saffron party a chance.
In the same breath he admitted to media persons here that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might not be able to achieve the magic figure of 272 independently in the lower House and the number might not be attainable even by the National Democratic Alliance forcing it take support from the Third Front.
“I exhort those who do not exercise their franchise to cast their votes at least this time because the hustings are crucial. If you want development and if you want India to reach the zenith then you need to vote for the BJP,” Rev Paul said. Responding to a query on whether it is appropriate for him to solicit votes on religious lines, he claimed that he represented all faiths and his appeal is intended to alleviate certain sections’ anxiety.
Officers informed about new softwares
Bhopal: Administrative officers were informed about software developed for CR and Cl at Mantralaya in the presence of Chief Secretary Antony de Sa here on Wednesday.
Now, administrative officers can fill up CR online now through this software. Besides, permission to leave headquarters will also be provided to them online. CRs can be presented through Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW). Delhi NIC’s expert laxmikant Sumantra informed about fine points of the woftware. Officers also put forth their suggestions. Sanjay Mishra of MAP-IT informed about the software for headquarters leave.
Revenue Board Chairman Devendra Singhai, Director General of Academy of Administration INS Dani, Principal Secretary General Administration K Suresh, Principal Secretary to CM Manoj Shrivastava, Commissioner Public Relations Rakesh Shrivastava, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries were present on the occasion.
Voter slips distributed
Bhopal: Voter slips have been distributed to over 1,64,10,000 voters through booth level officers (BlOs) for polling on April 24 in the third phase of lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh. Slips are being distributed to remaining voters as per directives of district election officers. In all, 1,69,53,389 voters will exercise their franchise in the third phase.
Photo id for those without epic card
Bhopal: For those, who do not have EPIC cards, the Election Commission has given option to produce alternative photo identity documents on polling day. This facility will be provided to only those voters who do not possess EPIC card though whose names have been included in electoral rolls. Polling under third phase of lok Sabha elections will be held on April 24 in 10 constituencies including Vidisha, Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa and Betul from 7 am to 6 pm.
Voters will have to produce one of these documents for establishing their identity - passport, driving licence, personnel ID card of central or state government offices, photo-bearing passbooks of banks or post offices, PAN cards, Aadhar Cards, Smart Card issued under RGI under MPR, MNREGA Job Cards, Health Insurance Smart Card issued under labour Ministry’s schemes, photo-bearing pension cards and photo-bearing voter slip issued as per commission’s directive.
Besides, NRI voters can exercise their franchise by showing just passport as identity and no other document.
Mahesh akhade is new expense observer
Bhopal: Election Commission has appointed Mahesh Akhade as election expenses observer for Betul lok Sabha constituency in place of Purushottam Tripuri. As per directives of the commission, Mahesh Akhade is monitoring election expenses of candidates in Betul Parliamentary constituency. He will submit his report to the commission.
Civil judges class-II results out
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh High Court has declared results of Madhya Pradesh Civil Judge Class-II (Entry level) Exams for year 2013. Merit list of candidates and waiting list are available on the High Court’s website www.mphighcourt.nic.in and notice board of the High Court. Mark-sheets to candidates called for interview will be sent by post.
EC action against paid news
Indore: The Election Commission has taken suo moto cognisance of seven cases of paid news and is all set to issue notices to the concerned candidates soon, official sources said.“We have taken suo moto cognisance of seven cases of paid news and will issue notices to the concerned candidates, asking them why expenses incurred by them to get favourable news published should not be included in their poll expenditure,” District Electoral Officer and Collector Akash Tripathi told reporters here on Wednesday.
A member of the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) said these seven cases were associated with BJP’s Sumitra Mahajan, Congress candidate Satyanarayan Patel and independent candidate Praveen Kumar Ajmera.Tripathi said the administration has set a target to achieve 65 per cent turnout in Indore and has installed air coolers and cold drinking water systems at polling stations to achieve this. In 2009, Indore witnessed 50.6 per cent polling.
Anchal sonkar granted bail
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Anchal Sonkar in connection with alleged misbehaviour with a woman sub-inspector (SI) in this cantonment town.A single-bench of Justice Alok Aradhe granted anticipatory bail to the BJP legislator on Tuesday. Defence counsel Anil Khare told the court that police have dropped the charges under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code against Sonkar following investigation.
He pointed out that the BJP MlA did not misbehave directly with the woman SI. Khare also mentioned that Sonkar was not keeping well.Sonkar and his supporters are accused of misbehaving with the SI and creating hurdles in the discharge of official duty when she had caught one person, Durga Sonkar, for selling liquor illegally.