The first randomisation of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the 2013 Assembly elections would be held on October 11 from 7 am onwards at the Benazir Ground before the political parties.
Bhopal Collector and District Election Officer (DEO) Nishant Warwade stated this while holding a meeting with the Standing Committee of various political parties at collectorate here on Saturday. The officer also appealed the representatives to remain present at the time of randomisation.
The meeting was called by the DEO to appraise the political parties about the preparations for the Assembly elections 2013 and the directives of the Election Commission of India (ECI). The meeting was attended by the representatives of all the political parties besides SDM Basant Kurre, BS Jamod and additional collector and Dputy DEO Akshay Singh.
Warwade also informed about the various directives and instructions of the ECI for the 2013 Assembly elections and further appraised with the activities carried out by the District Administration. Information was also provided about the electoral rolls - brief review 2013 and it was told that the work of updating of the electoral rolls was continuously going on and the list obtained from the de-duplication software was also undergoing checking. DEO informed that it was mandatory for all candidates to open a separate account a day before filing the nomination.
A complaint redressal cell has been established in the room number 146 of the collectorate to solve the problems of the electorate said the collector. He told the political parties to strictly follow property distortion act and model code of conduct and further advised to compulsorily appoint BlA for all the polling booths.