Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, Inder Jeet on Monday said the department has completed all preparations for the upcoming assembly elections to be held in Haryana and proper arrangements have also been made for maintaining law and order, to conduct the elections in a fair and transparent manner.
Talking to reporters after a meeting with Election Commission of India, regarding functions and responsibilities of Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) through video conferencing here, he said a detailed information has been given by the Election Commission of India regarding advertisements printed or given by political parties in paid news, print media and electronic media, under which, state-level and district-level Committees are being formed for monitoring all this.
He said that during nomination, the candidate would have to give information about all his social media accounts in his affidavit so that the activities on these social media accounts could be monitored at the state and district level.
Inder Jeet said a social media center has been set up at the state level and directions have been issued to set up a social media center at the district level. Apart from this, in view of security and to conduct the Haryana assembly elections in a fair and transparent manner, the officials of the Election Commission of India, have also held a meeting with senior officers such as the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department and Director General of Police.