Amid Opposition’s allegations of violations of Model Code of Conduct by the State Government, Himachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer has sought daily report on electioneering from deputy commissioners and asked them to deal matters of model code promptly.
Chief Electoral Officer Narinder Chauhan said that all matters related to Model Code of Conduct, would be dealt with promptly.
He directed all the District Election Officers (DEOs) cum Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to send daily report regarding electioneering and law and order situation from their respective district to ensure free and fair elections in
the State.
Chauhan was interacting with all the DEOs through video conferencing from Shimla on Friday.
He directed them to adhere to important instructions regarding electoral rolls, special campaign, election management, Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP), constitution of plan, randomization of polling
personnel.
He enquired about current status of preparation of various plans, including district election plan, communication plan, transportation plan, counting plan, district security plan, sector
magistrate plan, vulnerable mapping of polling stations, identification of critical polling stations and hyper sensitive polling stations.