"Expenditure monitoring of all political parties has also been started": Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer
Mar 17, 2024
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 17 : Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer Dr BVRCC Purushottam on Sunday said that the Model Code of Conduct has come into effect in the state, given which expenditure monitoring of all political parties has also been started.
The Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttarakhand came into force after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the election date on Saturday.
He said that as per the guidelines of the Election Commission, all parties should conduct the nomination process of their candidates, election rallies and other activities.
Chief Electoral Officer Dr BVRCC Purushottam held a meeting with the representatives of all the recognized political parties of the state at the Secretariat. On this occasion, he appealed to all the parties to conduct safe polling in the state.
Meanwhile, Chief Electoral Officer Dr BVRCC Purushottam held a meeting with District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of all districts in the Secretariat on Sunday regarding preparations for the elections through video conferencing.
In the meeting, Chief Electoral Officer Dr Purushottam gave detailed guidelines for conducting safe polling in all districts. The Chief Electoral Officer said that since polling is to be held in the first phase in the state, awareness programmes including sweep activities up to the booth level should be run on a wider scale.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that surveillance should be increased more effectively at the checkposts of those districts of the state that are adjacent to interstate and international borders. The CEO directed that all agencies in the Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) should fill out the seizure report, and intercept report responsibly so that there is no scope for any kind of error.
On this occasion, Additional Director General of Police AP Anshuman informed that a force deployment plan has been prepared in all the districts of the state. SSP/SP of the districts has been directed to streamline the communication system in the shadow areas in the remote areas of the state.
ADG AP Anshuman assured that monitoring will be done through drone cameras in remote areas of the state.
