Kerala - Kochi
'Illegal posters, banners should be removed before tomorrow morning'
Staff Reporter
Collector issues directives on enforcement of poll code
* Campaign vehicles should sport passes issued by returning officers
* Prior permission needed for using loudspeakers
* Government guest houses should not be used by Ministers and other political leaders
KOCHI: As part of the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the Assembly elections, District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, who is the District Election Officer, on Monday, issued directives to election observers, candidates and representatives of political parties.
It is the prime responsibility of returning officers to ensure that the model code of conduct is implemented, said A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, District Collector, who presided over a meeting attended by political leaders, election observers and returning officers.
All posters and banners put up in violation of the rules should be removed before Wednesday morning, a directive said. A case each would be registered for every such poster exhibited and separate first information reports (FIRs) filed for each of them.
Another directive was that vehicles used for election campaign should have passes issued by the respective returning officers, and these should be displayed on them. The vehicles of candidates should not be accompanied by more than three other vehicles.
Prior permission should be obtained from deputy superintendents of police or assistant commissioners of police concerned for using loudspeakers, which should not be operated after 10 p.m.
Government guest houses and rest houses should not be used by the Chief Minister or other members of the Cabinet or any other political leader for resting and holding discussions during the period of election campaign. Officials were also not supposed to receive ministers during the campaign. Action would be initiated against those resorting to burning of persons in effigies during election campaigns. Officials have been appointed in all the 14 constituencies in the district to evaluate the expenditure incurred by the candidates during the elections. These officials will be reporting to election observers.
City Police Commissioner P. Vijayan; Superintendent of Police (Ernakulam Rural) M. Wahab; Abdul Muthulib (Congress); T.K. Rameshan and N. Gopalan (Democratic Indira Congress-Karunkaran); Samuel George (Kerala Congress-Mani); V.G. Ravindran (Nationalist Congress Party); M.K. Manoj Kumar and P.S. Karunakaran (Bahujan Samaj Party); and Kumbalam Rajappan (Communist Party of India) attended the meeting.
(The Hindu - 11/04/06)
'Illegal posters, banners should be removed before tomorrow morning'
Staff Reporter
Collector issues directives on enforcement of poll code
* Campaign vehicles should sport passes issued by returning officers
* Prior permission needed for using loudspeakers
* Government guest houses should not be used by Ministers and other political leaders
KOCHI: As part of the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the Assembly elections, District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, who is the District Election Officer, on Monday, issued directives to election observers, candidates and representatives of political parties.
It is the prime responsibility of returning officers to ensure that the model code of conduct is implemented, said A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, District Collector, who presided over a meeting attended by political leaders, election observers and returning officers.
All posters and banners put up in violation of the rules should be removed before Wednesday morning, a directive said. A case each would be registered for every such poster exhibited and separate first information reports (FIRs) filed for each of them.
Another directive was that vehicles used for election campaign should have passes issued by the respective returning officers, and these should be displayed on them. The vehicles of candidates should not be accompanied by more than three other vehicles.
Prior permission should be obtained from deputy superintendents of police or assistant commissioners of police concerned for using loudspeakers, which should not be operated after 10 p.m.
Government guest houses and rest houses should not be used by the Chief Minister or other members of the Cabinet or any other political leader for resting and holding discussions during the period of election campaign. Officials were also not supposed to receive ministers during the campaign. Action would be initiated against those resorting to burning of persons in effigies during election campaigns. Officials have been appointed in all the 14 constituencies in the district to evaluate the expenditure incurred by the candidates during the elections. These officials will be reporting to election observers.
City Police Commissioner P. Vijayan; Superintendent of Police (Ernakulam Rural) M. Wahab; Abdul Muthulib (Congress); T.K. Rameshan and N. Gopalan (Democratic Indira Congress-Karunkaran); Samuel George (Kerala Congress-Mani); V.G. Ravindran (Nationalist Congress Party); M.K. Manoj Kumar and P.S. Karunakaran (Bahujan Samaj Party); and Kumbalam Rajappan (Communist Party of India) attended the meeting.
(The Hindu - 11/04/06)
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