Collector Niranjan Das on Tuesday held a meeting of the representatives of political parties to update them about rules laid down under the election Model Code of Conduct.
He urged the representatives of political parties to strictly follow the rules as their contribution to conduct fair and peaceful polls in the district.With the State Election Commission releasing calendar for the civic bodies’ polls, Section 144 has been enforced across the State.
As decided, the voting will take place in two phases. While voting for Gariaband Municipal Council and Chhura Nagar Panchayat poll will be taken place in the first phase on December 8, voting for Rajim and Fingeshwar Nagar Panchayat poll will be take place in second phase on. December 11, he said.
As per rules, there will be a ban on playing loudspeaker from 10 pm and 6 am while directives have been issued to deposit arms from the licensee at the nearby police station till the election was over.
As electronic voting machine (EVM) will be used for the first time in the civic bodies’ polls, the authority concerned has decided to generate awareness among voters in every ward about its working by exhibiting the same.The voters could cast their votes by showing any of 17 photo ID cards allowed by the Commission, Das said.
The Collector asked all the political parties not to involve themselves in any activity, which may disturb peace or hurt sentiments of the people belonging to any religion, caste or belief.He also asked them to refrain from election campaigning within 100 meter radius of the polling booth.
He asked the government officials and employees to be impartial during the polls. The people should have belief on their fairness and they should not help any particular political party or the candidate, the Collector said.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Abhishek Pathak, Additional Collector, Ramji Sahum, Additional District Election Officer NC Nairoji were present in the meeting.