Electoral rolls for bypolls in three Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh have been published containing names of 6,06,729 voters.
Of these, 2,11, 219 are voters of Vidhan Sabha constituency 94-Bahroriband in Katni district including 1,09,754 male, 1,01,455 females and 10 other voters. Number of voters in 92-Vijayraghavgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency is 2,01,071 including 01,05,531 male and 95,540 female voters. The Vidhan Sabha constituency 166-Agar in Agar-Malwa district has total 1,94,439 voters including 1,01,087 male, 93,346 female and six others.
They will cast their votes on August 21. As many as 293 service voters will also exercise their franchise in the by-elections in these three Vidhan Sabha constituencies including 238 in Vijahraghavgarh, 134 in Bahoriband and 21 service voters in Agar.
Electoral rolls in alphabetical order for Agar has been prepared and is being made available to the concerning district. Similar is the case of Vijayraghavgarh and Bahoriband Vidhan Sabha constituencies. CD of electoral rolls has been provided to Agar district which is being printed at a local level. Voter slips of Vijayraghavgarh and Bahoriband will also be printed at local level. CDs of electoral rolls of all three Vidhan Sabha constituencies have been sent to recognised political parties. Communication plans of the bypoll constituencies are also being made available and will soon be uploaded on the website.
Under model code of conduct’s provisions in Agar-Malwa district, 5 persons have been chargesheeted in 5 cases of illegal liquor so far. In 11 cases of illegal liquor, 11 persons have been prosecuted and 1,791 litre country and foreign liquor worth Rs 7,10,300 has been seized. In the district, 1,770 out of 2,665 licensed firearms have been got deposited and 58 out of 75 arrest warrants served. In an action by Agar police station 191 kg doda-chura narcotics kept in 11 plastic bags have been seized from Toofan Trax vehicle worth about Rs 19,80,000. The Katni police has seized 2,164 litre country liquor worth Rs 51,175 and Rs 1,950 worth 2.9 litre foreign liquor. The Excise staff has seized 212 litre liquor.
Thus, total 1,785.9 litre country liquor worth Rs 7,07,800 and 5.7 litre foreign liquor worth Rs 2,500 has been seized from July 20 to August 5 in Agar district and Rs 51,175 worth 216.4 litre country liquor and Rs 1,950 worth 2.9 litre foreign liquor has been seized in Katni district. Under Excise Act, four persons have been arrested in Agar district and 66 in Katni district in as many cases. In Katni district 15 unlicensed firearms, 7 cartridges and 3 bombs have been seized. So far, 1491 licensed weapons have been got deposited and 1136 persons have been bonded under sections 107/116 of CRPC Act in 698 cases. As many as 89 non-bailable warrants have been served so far.