East Singhbhum district administration is geared up for election counting scheduled on December 23. While the Deputy Commissioner-cum-district Returning Officer (RO) for the parliamentary election Amitabh Kaushal has ensured smooth conduct of the counting exercise, the political parties are looking forward to hold a ‘show of strength’ near the strong room on the day of results.
On Monday, the DC convened a meeting with the candidates and other party representatives. During his meeting with the district officials and candidates issued some instructions and asked them to follow them strictly. Besides, he has asked the strong room personnel to maintain the time schedule so that complete process gets off at the earliest.
“The meeting with the administration was informative. We have been asked not to bring cell phones inside the strong room however, water bottles, launch boxes are allowed,” said Subhash Mundu, a representative of JMM.
The counting will get off sharply at 8 am and by 4.30 in the evening, the exercise will possibly culminate including, the formality of handing over the merit certificate to the winning candidate.
Meanwhile, Senior Police Superintendent Amol V Homkar has asked the policemen to get strict with the people or, for that matter, political party members who throng the strong room area in drunken state of mind.