Ghatampur assembly byelection: Administration fixes rates of poll materials

KANPUR: Representatives of all political parties at a meeting held here on Wednesday fixed rates of election material to be used in campaigning for the Ghatampur assembly byelection. The bypoll is scheduled to be held next month. The BJP’s representative was not present in the meeting
The meeting, presided over by the chief treasurer, Kanpur Treasury, was attended by representatives of all political parties except BJP. The meeting was held on Wednesday because in the earlier meeting held on October 5 last, the representatives and the officials of the district administration could not come to any understanding. The rates of various election material and other services were finalized in the meeting.
The administration has fixed the rate of cotton flag of a party at Rs 10 per flag while political parties demanded Rs 4 per flag. Similarly, the district administration wanted to fix the cost of a welcome gate at Rs 1200 while political parties were demanding Rs 900 per gate. But in the end it was decided to fix the cost of a gate at Rs 1000. The rates of other articles were also fixed.
The district administration made it clear to the representatives that a contestant had to open a fresh bank account for election expenses purposes.
Those present in the meeting included Usha Rani Kori, Shankar Datta Mishra, (Congress), Suresh Gupta (Rashtriya Loktantrik Dal), Ram Shankar Kureel (BSP), KK Shukla, Somendra Sharma (Samajwadi Party), Ram Prasad Kanaujia (CPI) and Umakant (CPM).