Forcible unanimous elections unacceptable, asserts SEC
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A cell app that can have the aptitude to add voice, video, and textual content messages and a name centre might be launched by the State Election Commission (SEC) for receiving complaints from the folks in regards to the panchayat elections, State Election Commissioner N. Ramesh Kumar has stated.
Addressing the media right here on Friday after holding a evaluate assembly with the district income and police officers, Mr. Ramesh Kumar stated political events had represented to Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan apprehending “forcible unanimous decisions” within the gram panchayat elections.
“As the State Election Commissioner, I assure you that there will not be any forced unanimous decisions. The revenue and police officials have been asked to constitute shadow teams in the villages to get feedback on engineered, forcible, or rigged unanimous elections, and such ones need to be stopped and those responsible for them need to be grounded,” Mr. Ramesh Kumar stated. A level-playing discipline can be ensured, he stated.
“The viewpoint that gram panchayats will flourish only if unanimous decisions emerge is wrong. Creating an atmosphere where a certain percentage of gram panchayats must give unanimous decision is not acceptable, and they will not lose anything even if elections are held,” Mr. Ramesh Kumar noticed.
In a democracy, there might be 4 divergent viewpoints, however we have to honour every one among them, he opined.
An company had come ahead to develop the app, which might show a dashboard of the panchayat elections offering all info wanted, and this was an effort to make the elections free, truthful, and clear, the SEC stated.
“All complaints received from any source, including the app, will be taken into consideration and resolved as early as possible,” Mr. Ramesh Kumar stated.
“The app is still in the evolving stage. It may be fully functional by the time nominations for the third phase begin,” he added.
Mr. Ramesh Kumar additional stated that every one COVID-19 protocols must be adhered to in the course of the elections.
“The polling time has been extended from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. earlier to 6.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. so that bunching of voters does not happen. Even COVID-19 positive persons can exercise their franchhise by wearing PPE kits,” he stated.
Anantapur Range DIG Kanti Rana Tata, District Collector Gandham Chandrudu, Superintendent of Police B. Satya Yesu Babu, and Joint Collectors Nishant Kumar and A. Siri had been current.
