District administrations in Ranchi gear up to enforce poll code of conduct

With the announcement of the Lok Sabha poll dates, district administrations in Jharkhand have geared up to take action against model code violators.

The district administrations have asked all political parties to remove their party’s banners, posters, slogans, flags, and other material from public places within 24 hours. The authorities would launch special drives from Tuesday to inspect these places.

“If anything is found objectionable, the same would be removed and the cost would be recovered from the party concerned. Appropriate action in accordance with the law would also be taken,” said Ranchi deputy commissioner-cum-district returning officer (DC) Rai Mahimapat Roy, while addressing the media.

He also appealed to the people to report cases of model code violation through a mobile application, C-Vigil, which has been introduced for this purpose. “Complainants can also send photographs and videos through this application. Action would be taken within 100 minutes of registering the complaint,” said the DC.

The district police administrations, too, are geared up to intensify action against illegal liquor supply. Besides, action would also be taken against those carrying huge amounts of cash.

Dhanbad administration issues diktats

Dhanbad deputy commissioner-cum-district returning officer A Dodde asked political parties to remove the party flag, posters, hoardings from public places within 24 hours.

Talking to the media on Monday, Dodde said, “Even hoardings set up by any government department, having pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Raghubar Das would also be removed. All concerned departments have been asked to remove such hoardings.”

Static and flying squads have been constituted and they have already started functioning as directed by the Election Commission. Special cells have started their operations to track social media posts and paid news by prospective candidates.

Giving details of the voters of the Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency, Dodde said that the constituency had a total 20,44,802 voters, and there would be 2,539 polling stations. The Bokaro assembly segment, part of the Dhanbad LS constituency, has the highest number of voters out the six assembly segments of the LS constituency.

First Published: Mar 12, 2019 14:36 IST