CURATED BY – GANESH VAISHNAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Narayanpur, Collector Pratishtha Mamgain held a review meeting of nodal officers and returning officers in the meeting room of the district office and gave instructions to conduct urban body and three-tier panchayat elections in a free, fair and peaceful manner. While reviewing, he instructed the nodal officers to fulfill the responsibilities given to them faithfully. During the urban body elections, ensure to give permission to the candidates of political parties on different days and times for campaigning, processions, rallies and meetings. He instructed to work by following the guidelines of the Election Commission in successfully conducting the urban body and three-tier panchayat elections.

Nominations can be submitted for urban bodies from 22 to 28 January and nomination scrutiny will be done on 29 January. Candidates can withdraw their names on 31 January. Voting will be held in the urban body on 11 February and the results will be declared on 15 February. Similarly, nominations for three-tier panchayat elections can be submitted from 27 to 3 February. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on 4 February. Candidates will be able to withdraw their nominations on 6 February. Voting for three-tier panchayat elections in the district will be held in the first phase on 17 February and second phase on 23 February, counting of votes for this will be done on 18 and 24 February.

Voting for urban body elections will be conducted through EVMs on party basis and three-tier panchayat elections will be conducted through ballot papers. Distribution and deposit of EVMs, VVPATs and other promotional material for polling stations of municipal area will be done in Government Boys Higher Secondary School. Distribution of material for urban body elections will be done from the strong room. During the election, voting work will be done by the officials in Narayanpur. Collector Pratishtha Mamgain, using powers conferred under Section 04 of Noise Control Act, 1985, has banned the use of loudspeakers in the entire area of ​​Narayanpur district from 10 pm to 06 am. The use of loudspeakers for campaigning, on vehicles and in election meetings where elections are to be held, can be done only from 06 am to 10 pm after the permission of the competent officer. But such loudspeakers will be of ordinary size and will be used only at medium volume. Keeping in view the public peace, the use of loudspeakers with long horns has been completely banned.

District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr. Akanksha Shiksha Khalkho, Additional Collector Birendra Bahadur Panchbhai, Abhishek Gupta, SDM Abhayjit Mandavi, Gautam Patil, Deputy Collector Sumit Garg, Nodal Officer and Returning Officer were present in the meeting.