Follow code of conduct, Collector tells parties

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Continuing its efforts to demonstrate various processes during electioneering, District Election officer on Thursday provided detailed information about submitting nomination on prescribed form with oath.

Collector and District Election Officer P Narhari gave the information in a meeting where representatives of various political parties were participated and informed that notification of the election would be issued on Friday, November 1, and the process of nomination would then be started. 

According to the programme described by the Election Commission of India, he said, nomination papers would be filed up to November 8 and would examine on November 9. Names can be withdrawn up to November 11.These actions would be taken between 11 am to 3 pm.  The District Election Officer advised them to fully understand the process and apprise them not to commit any mistake. He also told all the political parties to follow model code of conduct and said the second training of political parties would be held between November 14 to 17.

During this period postal ballet papers in prescribed form would be cast by the officers and employees. During this period the candidates or their agents can be present their.  In the meeting the SP Gwalior Santosh Kumar Singh, returning officers and assistant returning officers of all Assembly constituency and deputy district election officer Anurag Saxena and representatives of various, recognised political parties would be present.

Narhari told the representatives of all recognised political parties that under the directions of Election Commission of India every candidate would have to open a separate bank account to maintain the election expenditure account. It is necessary to open the account one day before filing the nomination. The candidate would have to conduct election expenditure through this account. The account of this account would have to be given to nomination paper compulsorily.

In this connection the district election officer has held a meeting with bankers and requested them to open a bank account for candidates promptly and they should be provided cheque book same day. While submitting the nomination papers, five proposers and seconders with the candidate can be present their.

Narhari also them that they should take permission to hold the meetings and hold the rallies on time and also assured that ADM and SDM would give them permission promptly. They would have to take permission to conduct election campaign on social media and website for this candidate should have to apply as per pera 3 of form 26. The expenditure on advertisement and social media would be included in the election expenditure of the political party or his candidate.

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