EC plans simultaneous elections in TN and Puducherry
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Polling cubicles in Puducherry have gone up from 789 to 1,330 and in Karaikal from 163 to 234
The elections to the Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry can be held concurrently, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora mentioned on Friday.
Addressing a press convention after winding up his two-day go to to Pudcherry together with different Election Commission of India (ECI) officers to evaluate preparedness for the polls, he mentioned political events in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have sought holding of simultaneous elections.
“The dates will be announced later. The elections will be held in TN and Puducherry on the same day,” he mentioned.
On the difficulty raised by political events on nominated legislators, the CEC mentioned the matter had been settled by the Supreme Court. “The petitioners are free to approach the court again,” he mentioned.
When requested about his feedback on the proposal made by a couple of events to boycott elections until Statehood was granted, Mr. Arora mentioned such choices are additionally a part of democracy.
“The Commission is committed to holding free and fair elections. There will be zero tolerance towards attempts by parties to provide inducements in the form of cash, liquor and other freebies,” he mentioned.
Mr. Arora mentioned in the assembly with police and excise officers, he had directed the strict curbing of motion of arrack and liquor from Puducherry to Tamil Nadu. The difficulty of smuggling arrack from the UT was taken up with the Commission by regulation enforcement businesses in TN through the interplay at Chennai.
The polling cubicles in Puducherry have gone up from 789 to 1,330 and in Karaikal from 163 to 234.
Mr. Arora additionally launched a guide titled SVEEP (Systematic Voter Education and Electoral Participation) Activities. He flagged off a car to hold out consciousness amongst voters on the verifiability, transparency and accountability of the deployment of VVPAT (Voter-verified paper audit path) in the elections and additionally give the general public hands-on expertise.
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