Representatives of all political parties in Haryana on Thursday urged the State Election Commission to increase the expenditure amount during the elections of local bodies from Rs1.25 lakh to Rs5 lakh in the all-party-meet.
The State Election Commission is to conduct elections of Municipal Corporation at Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Hisar, Panipat and Rohtak districts in the State.
Dharam Vir, Haryana Election Commissioner said that the commission has completed the entire preparation for the elections and on Thursday a joint meeting of all political parties was called to get suggestions from them regarding smooth and fair elections in the State.
On Friday, the Commission has called another joint meeting of all the deputy commissioners of these seven districts to assess the actual position of the districts for peaceful elections, he added. During the meeting, the representatives of political parties expressed dissatisfaction over the existing amount of expenditure for the local bodies’ elections.
Manoj Aggarwal, representative and district president of Indian National lok Dal (Urban), Panchkula, said that nowadays the costs of everything has increased but the amount of expenditure for municipal elections remains quite low.
Gian Chand Gupta of BJP suggested that keeping in view of the security and transparency of the elections, election commission should identify the sensitive booths in the State, so that required staff could be appoint before elections for fair elections.
After the meeting with Deputy Commissioners of all seven districts, the State Election Commission is expected to announce the elections soon.