Chief Electoral Officer of the state, Sunil Kujur, by calling a meeting of the superintendants of all the districts at his office on Wednesday, took stock of the preparations regarding law and order situation in the state during the forthcoming Assembly elections.
The SPs have been imparted training on the action plan of law and order instructed by the election commission of India. He asked the SPs to make such arrangements that the voters might use their right to vote fearlessly. He instructed the officers to take necessary preparations to conduct free and impartial election.
He said that in this election, the election commission has stressed on voter awareness. In view of that, the police officers should ensure their work.Additional chief electoral officer Nidhi Chhibbar gave a presentation regarding the action plan on law and order instructed by the election commission of India.
Kujur said that full information about election related instructions up to field level should be given to the police officers. He instructed to do video recording of all the important incidents from filing of nominations to counting of votes. He told them to send information related to law and order of districts to the chief electoral officer’s office on a daily basis.
Nidhi Chhibbar told the officers to ensure action regarding the Peoples Representation Act, Motor Vehicle Act, sale of illegal liquor, issuance of warrants etc. She said that only after permission from the election officer, any candidate or party could organize election meeting and take out rally. At the time of filing nomination, the candidate can take only three vehicles within 100 metres of the venue of nomination.
Inspector general of police Raipur GP Singh (nodal officer, police force deployment), IG Himanshu Gupta (nodal officer, expenditure), joint chief electoral officer DD Singh and superintendants of police of all districts were present at the meeting.