Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Wednesday handed over the final published Electoral Rolls for the Assembly Elections-2022 to the representatives of recognised political parties here in the form of DVDs.
The CEO said that the process of final publication of the photo electoral rolls was concluded on January 5 as per the Special Summary Revision schedule issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) January 1, 2022 as reference date. A meeting in this regard was convened with recognised political parties in the office of Chief Electoral Officer in which they were handed over the DVDs of electoral rolls (without photos).
Representatives of All India Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian National Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Aadmi Party were present in the meeting.
In wake of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, CEO also sensitized the representatives of the political parties about the Covid-19 guidelines and extensively discussed Dos and Donts during the Elections. The CEO exhorted political parties to stick to the Covid-19 guidelines strictly and any violation will be dealt with iron hand once model code of conduct is in place.
He also asked representatives of Political Parties to inform him or his office, 'if anyone is allegedly using liquor or money power to induce voters' or 'matters of irregularities in voting' or any other illegal activities come into their notice. They were also informed about the C-Vigil Application, through which a complaint can be registered which will be addressed within 100 minutes. The CEO asked each and every Political Party about their concerns regarding upcoming Punjab Assembly elections 2022.