In a bid to ensure law and order during the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) of Delhi held a meeting and training session with the flying squad team. Constituting a total of 210 flying squad teams, the CEO Vijay Dev, on Tuesday evening, addressed around 400 participants and took the first session of their training through videos and presentations.
“A detailed training was provided to the teams on how to seize cash, liquor and other banned substances during the elections. We showed presentations and videos on how previous seizures have been made across the country,” said Ankur Garg, Chief Nodal Officer.
Each flying squad team will be headed by an Executive Magistrate and will have senior police officers, junior engineers and constables who will be equally distributed among all the 70 constituencies. “Each constituency will have three teams and each of the teams will submit their reports on the law and order situation and any seizures by them to the CEO,” said Garg, who was present at the training session addressed by the CEO Vijay Dev and Joint Commissioner of Police (Nodal) Praveen Ranjan.
While the CEO’s preparation to ensure law and order in the city is in full swing, more FIRs have been found registered against the political parties for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) since October 4. In a media briefing on Tuesday, the officials of the Chief Electoral Office informed that 219 FIRs are found registered against the parties for violating the MCC.
“Out of the 219 FIRs, 79 are against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 56 are against the BJP while 53 are against Congress till date,” revealed Garg, Chief Nodal Officer.
The report of the FIRs against parties has been sent to the Election Commission of India (ECI). “As per the MCC, the political parties must publish the names of publishers in the hoardings and posters meant for advertising. While some were found violating this code, some were booked for defacement of property by wrongfully placing the posters,” said an official from the office of the CEO.
Recently the CEO issued orders for a single-window clearance system at the office of the Deputy Commissioner in all 11 districts to provide a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the parties that have been complaining about the difficulty in getting multiple permissions for their campaign. The coordination mechanism began on Tuesday, making it easier for the parties to obtain permission for public meetings, rallies or seek any clarification about the code related to permissions. The agencies issuing the NOCs will also have to decide within 24 hours of receiving an application, said an official.
The coordination mechanism will forward the approved cases to the expenditure monitoring committee of the district and the flying squads out to catch violators.