In order to complete counting of votes polled in the lok Sabha election 2014 peacefully, Dehradun Chief Development officer Alok Kumar presided over a meeting with representatives of various political parties and independent candidates at the Collectorate here in Dehradun on Tuesday.
He directed the political party representatives to submit application form-18 seeking entry pass for their counting agents to be deployed at counting tables in order to complete the task of counting of votes transparently onMay 16. The representatives of those political parties who have not applied for this pass were directed to submit the required form along with names of agents and their two photographs in the office of assistant returning officer NS Dangi by 5 pm on Tuesday evening. Such applications will not be accepted on Wednesday. Fourteen tables for each Vidhan Sabha constituency have been placed at the counting venues and based on this, the political leaders should deploy their counting agents. The leaders of various political parties were directed to ensure that their counting agents reach the venue by 7 am on the counting day. No one will be allowed to carry mobile phones inside the counting venues. The counting of votes will begin from 8 am on May 16 and first the postal ballots will be counted by the Government officers who have been deputed for this task, he added.