In Madhya Pradesh, names of voters can be included in electoral rolls till October 29, which is 10 days before last date for nominations.
November 8, 2013 is the last date for submitting nominations. Names of 3.75 lakh voters have been included in electoral rolls since July 24 last following summary revision. Similarly, names of 3.61 lakh voters have been removed from electoral rolls. Similarly, names of 8.61 lakh have been corrected and names of 52,356 voters who transferred to other constituencies have been included in electoral rolls. It is noteworthy that work to include photographs in electoral rolls is now in the final stage.
Besides, the Election Commission of India will impart training to National Informatics Centre (NIC) officers posted in all 51 districts of the state at Bhopal on October 14 and 15 to ensure better conduct of Vidhan Sabha elections to be held in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Electoral Officer Jaideep Govind and Commission’s Director (IT) VN Shukla will inaugurate the training programme at RCVP Academy of Administration on October 14 at 10 am.
Two NIC officers from every district will participate in the training. Thus, training will be imparted to about 100 officers by a team of commission’s IT specialists. Training will be imparted regarding electoral roll management, public grievance redressal, nomination process and counting of votes, EVM tracking, election expenses, web-casting, SMS monitoring system etc.
Meanwhile, large-scale security and law and order arrangements have been made to ensure peace during elections in the state. Action has been taken under sections 107/116 of CRPC against 1380 persons so far.In police action, 267 detonators have been seized under Tendukhera police station in Damoh districts while 22 kg explosives have been seized under Birchha police station in Balaghat district so far. The police have also seized 106 live cartridges