Voter slips to be distributed till April 19
Bhopal: Photo-bearing voter slips will be distributed in 20 districts, under the third phase of the lok Sabha elections, through booth level officers (BlOs) till April 19. Polling for the third phase in Madhya Pradesh will be held on April 24. Concerning district election officers have also been directed to inform the office of the Chief Electoral Officer about the number of undistributed slips with reasons.
The districts in which voter slips are to be distributed include Raisen (Vidhan Sabha constituencies number 141, 142, 143), Vidisha (Vidhan Sabha constituencies number 144 and 145), Sehore (Vidhan Sabha constituencies number 156, 157 and 158), Dewas and Agar-Malwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency number 166), Shajapur, Ujjain, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Alirajpur, Jhabua, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Barwani, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Betul and Harda.
Booth level officers and booth level agents (BlA) are jointly distributing photo-bearing voter slips. The commission has directed to complete the distribution of voter slips 5 days before polling day.
Advance permission for political ads
Bhopal: The Election Commission will not consider political advertisements the messages, photo videos and other political materials uploaded on social media in one’s own blog or website during lok Sabha elections. The commission has said that no advance permission is required for this. It will not be considered as political advertisements if even political parties and candidates upload such materials. However, advance permission will be required from concerning committee before publishing political advertisements in e-paper of any newspaper.
Sprouts celebrates Ice-Cream Day at school
Bhopal: To beat the scorching heat, Sprouts, an Aakriti Group school, celebrated an ice-cream day in their school premises. To bring smile on the faces of the little toddlers, Sprouts celebrated the ice-cream day where every student was treated with ice-creams of their choice.
Priyanshu Yadav, student, Sprouts, said, “wow , what a day ! I love eating ice-cream in summers.” Shiven Vardhan, student, Sprouts, said “ We enjoyed shouting you scream, I scream, we all scream ice-cream.” The best thing about summers is that every one indulges with so many cool beverages and ice-creams. A season when heat burns you inside out, the best relief one gets is the consumption of ice-creams. It was a great day for the children who relished and enjoyed every single moment with delight by enjoying ice-cream during the hot and sunny summers.
Show-cause notices served
Agar Malwa: Show-cause notices were issued on Friday to 21 Government officials for remaining absent during election duty at Susner Assembly segment. Susner Assembly segment falls under Rajgarh parliamentary constituency where polling was held on Thursday. Twenty-one officials were absent from duty during the polling. District Returning Officer and Collector DD Agrawal issued show-cause notices to them.
Rs75 lakh seized from MUV
Khargone: A sum of Rs75 lakh has been seized from a multi-utility vehicle (MUV) during a checking on the Khargone-Indore road near Kasravad, official sources said.
Four persons seated in the MUV were taken into custody by Tehsildar Anil Patale’s team on Thursday night. Four of them were Indore residents and were returning after making a land related deal. The cash was deposited in the Treasury.
BJP leaders fail to see scams in MP
Dewas: Congress secretary and party MP Sajjan Singh Verma on Friday alleged that the BJP targets the Centre over corruption issues but fails to see the scams perpetrated in Madhya Pradesh ruled by their party. “Women are not safe in the BJP rule. The incidents of abductions of women and their rapes are on the rise. However, the State Government is misleading people over corruption instead of taking some solid step,” Verma told media persons here. He termed the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam as the country’s biggest scam. He said the Centre had sent Rs 495 crores for distribution to farmers whose crops have been affected by hailstorm but the state government is not distributing it on the pretext of the Model Code of Conduct being in force although the Election Commission of India has granted permission in this regard.