A flag march was carried out on Sunday by over 50,000 security personnel across Haryana’s 90 Assembly constituencies in preparation for the October 15 Assembly elections.
Haryana Chief Electoral Officer, Shrikant Walgad said that all arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of elections in the State and 50,000 personnel of Haryana Police, Central Reserve Police Force and Home Guards conducted a flag march in all the 90 Assembly constituencies to instill confidence among the people.
The polling for elections will be held on October 15 between 7 am and 6 pm. He said that polling at all polling stations would be videographed. Notices were being issued to leaders of various political parties who were found violating model code of conduct and they have also been directed to strictly follow its guidelines.
“Strict vigil is being maintained on unauthorised liquor and money as a result of which, currency totaling Rs 2.55 crore and 1.25 lakh bottles of liquor have been seized till Saturday in the State. These included 57 bottles of country made liquor, 39,000 of Indian made foreign liquor and 29,000 bottles of beer. Also, 99,000 licences of arms have been deposited by the people in various police stations,” he added.
He said that all liquor vends would remain closed in the state on October 14 and 15. Also, under the law, campaigning would come to an end 48 hours prior to the conclusion of polling. Therefore, campaigning would end on October 13 by 6 pm.