Nimmagadda for provisionof PPE kits to poll staff

Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC), being attentive to the apprehensions aired by the federal government staff with regard to conduct of elections to native our bodies in view of the COVID pandemic, has acknowledged that it’s involved concerning the well-being of the staff.

In an announcement on Sunday, State Election Commissioner Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar mentioned that the fee by itself has all the time been involved concerning the well-being of poll staff. Keeping this in thoughts, the SEC has steered that the poll staff deployed be supplied with high quality PPE fits, face shields, gloves and disinfectants in accordance with COVID security requirements at par with different States by the State Health Department which can additionally impart safety-related coaching. Further, the fee steered consideration of together with the poll staff beneath precedence immunisation programme as a particular case. This can be a confidence constructing measure, he mentioned.

Mr. Ramesh Kumar mentioned that the problem was additionally emphasised in the course of the dialogue with Chief Secretary Adityanath Das and Health Secretary Anil Singhal on January 8. The above measures highlighted would deal with the real apprehensions. Further ideas can be made within the coaching classes, he mentioned.

The Commissioner mentioned that the political events, the essential stakeholders holders, have been in contact with the fee repeatedly. They have spoken of their knowledge in favour of gram panchayat elections.

‘Constitutional obligation’

“The gram panchayat elections are non-party based polls and will provide much-needed social leadership as well as facilitate the release of finance commission funds which is conditional to holding of timely elections. In addition to this, there is constitutional obligation for holding elections,” he mentioned including,”We are not alone in the discharge of the constitutional obligation. AP Civil Services have impressive track record in raising up to serious challenges time and again like natural calamities and time-bound processes like elections in the past. Andhra Pradesh is second to none.”