Record of Expenditure
Chandigarh: Election Commission of India’s Director General (Expenditure), PK Dash on Wednesday gave necessary directions to officers concerned of Haryana to maintain record of expenditure being made by the political parties and candidates for Assembly elections in the State. Dash, who held a meeting with Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana, Shrikant Walgad and Electoral Officers, Police Officers and Nodal Expenditure Officers of all districts of the State through video conference from Delhi asked them to be vigilant about expenditure being made by candidates. He said the maximum limit of expenditure to be done by candidates in the Vidhan Sabha elections is Rs28 lakh. He also directed them to keep a check on purchase and distribution of liquor in an unauthorised manner and money being given to people to get favours. He said that directions related to elections should be publicized more with the help of media so as to make people aware regarding vote. He directed the officers to keep record of expenditure made by the candidates during elections in Shadow Registers so that it could be verified with the registers being used by the candidates for maintaining their record. Dash directed to constitute more number of Rural level Awareness Groups and Ward level Awareness Groups so as to spread message of ethical voting and to stay away from any kind of temptation in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha Elections. He also directed them to upload the affidavits being given by candidates on the Department’s website. The Deputy Commissioners and Police Officers of all districts informed through video conferencing about the necessary arrangements made by them keeping in view the ensuing elections. It was informed that the Police Department has made comprehensive arrangements to maintain law and order in the state during elections.
VVPAT in six constituencies
Chandigarh: Six Assembly constituencies have been identified in Haryana where a printer with a drop box would be attached to all voting machines under the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT). Chief Electoral Officer Haryana, Shrikant Walgad said that these assembly constituencies included Thanesar, Karnal, Panipat city, Sonipat, Rohtak and Gurgaon. He said VVPAT was a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballot-less voting system.VVPAT is intended to be an independent verification system for electronic voting machines (EVMs). It allows voters to verify that their votes are cast as intended. The CEO said that printer with the drop box to be attached with voting machines have been developed by Bharat Electronics limited, Bangalore and Electronics Corporation of India limited, Hyderabad. These instructions have been issued on the direction of Election Commission of India, he added.
45 more candidates file nomination
Chandigarh: The number of candidates who have filed their nomination for the Haryana Assembly polls has gone up to 92 with 45 candidates filing their nomination papers on Wednesday. CEO Haryana, Shrikant Walgad said the last date for filing nomination papers is September 27. He made it clear that on September 25 there would be holiday in government offices of Haryana, but it would not be considered as public holiday according to the Negotiable Instrumental Act 1881. Therefore, candidates could file their nomination papers on that day.