Uttarakhand State Election Commission is conducting three-tier Panchayat election in Haridwar district around two months before the five-year tenure of previous Panchayat ends in view of the forthcoming Ardh Kumbh Mela slated to start in January, 2016.
State election commissioner Subardhan saidon Saturday that the State Government has decided to conduct this election two months ahead as the Government would need to deploy a large contingents of police forces and other Government resources during the upcoming Ardh Kumbh Mela.
“Besides, the district officers will be engaged in ensuring peace during the Mela,” he said, adding that State police would be deployed at various polling booths during the rural body election to ensure free and fair rural elections.
Meanwhile, the State election commission has released names of 3099 disqualified candidates for this three- tier Panchayat election in Haridwar district.
The disqualification followed the candidates having failed to submit their expenditure incurred during the last Panchayat election despite being sent notices repeatedly. They have been debarred from contesting election for six years. A total of 18, 434 candidates have been debarred from contesting rural body election in the state for six years for the same reason, said State election commissioner Subardhan.
It means that these candidates will not be able to contest two elections in 2016 and 2021. In Dehradun district, 1626 candidates have been disqualified while the figures are 1816 in Almora, 2051 in Udham Singh Nagar, 623 in Champawat, 1493 in Pithoragarh, 756 in Bageshwar, 1044 in Nainital, 898 in Tehri, 1244 in Chamoli, 2386 in Pauri, 742 in Uttarkashi and 689 in Rudraprayag, Subardhan added.