If complaints are received about violation of election Model Code of Conduct by political parties or its candidates, stern action would be taken, said Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Subrat Sahoo while addressing the meeting of political parties here on Monday.
He said if a minister is going for election related work, then government employee or officer will not accompany him.
The political parties, candidates and their workers use loudspeaker for election campaigning, public meeting or on the vehicles, but any use of loudspeaker or any other mode such as SMS, WhatsApp message, video call, door to door campaign from 10.00 pm to 6.00 am has been banned.
Sahoo briefed the representatives of political parties on the election schedules announced by the Election Commission of India in state, constituting five pink booths, launching of different apps to facilitate electors, candidates and others. The CEO pointed out that day to day expenses of the candidates of political parties and others would be displayed on the district electoral officer’s website and office of Chief Electoral Officer’s website.