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| General Observer for the Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency, Lalhming Thanga verifying the records at the election control room at the Collectorate on Tuesday. District Election Officer T.P. Rajesh is in the picture. |
District Election Officer and District Collector T.P.
Rajesh said on Tuesday that as many as 233 polling booths have been
declared as sensitive in the district.
Addressing an
all-party meeting here, he said that 11 additional booths would come up
in hilly and difficult terrain in the district in addition to the
existing 1, 609 booths. Mr. Rajesh also said that four new booths in
Thally assembly constituency, four in Hosur and three booths have been
added to the Veppanahalli assembly constituencies in addition to the
existing 1,609 booths.
He said that candidates can
withdraw their nominations till 3 p.m. on Wednesday. After that the
final list of candidates in fray would be published. Immediately after
that, a meeting with the candidates would be convened for allotment of
symbols.
Mr. Rajesh said that the last button in the
EVM would be for pressing the NOTA option (None of the Above). Political
parties have been asked to submit the list of polling agents along with
the five numbers of photographs of agents.
The names
of the candidates and symbols would be affixed in the presence of
candidates. Booth agents should not carry mobile phone with them inside
the polling booth. No agent would be allowed to go out of the polling
booth after 3 p.m. on the polling day. A mock poll would be conducted
before the actual polling starts.
The EVM machines
would be sent to the assembly constituencies concerned in the presence
of the General Observer. Booth slips would be issued by the Booth Level
Officers (BLOs). Intervention of politicians during distribution of
booth slips would attract stringent action.
Micro
Observers from the Union Government and banks would be involved and web
cameras would be installed at sensitive booths, Mr. Rajesh added.
The
meeting was held in the presence of the General Observer Lalhming
Thanga.P. Kannammal, Superintendent of Police, among others
participated.
