Panel to look into poll code violations in Kannur

A monitoring committee has been constituted beneath the chairmanship of the Kannur District Collector T.V. Subhash, who can be the District Electoral Officer, to look into poll code violations and resolve grievances expeditiously.

The Panchayat Deputy Director is the convener of the five-member committee. The members are the District Police Chief, Deputy Collector of Elections, and the District Information Officer.

Resolving doubts

The capabilities of the monitoring cell are to study and resolve doubts and complaints acquired from candidates, occasion representatives, the general public, and officers, take motion towards violators of the code of conduct, and to ship a report to the Election Commission. The committee will meet each two days.

The Collector mentioned that no graffiti, posters, banners, or cut-outs shall be positioned at authorities places of work and their premises.

He mentioned that promotional supplies shouldn’t be positioned in a fashion that causes inconvenience to the general public. Expenditure of campaigns might be included in the candidate’s election bills.

Parties or candidates mustn’t distort any public or personal area by inserting commercials or writing slogans, he mentioned. Such promotional supplies needs to be eliminated by the events involved, failing which, they are going to be eliminated by officers, and the associated fee might be added to the election bills of the candidates, the Collector added.

Green code

Mr. Subhash has mentioned that the marketing campaign for native physique polls needs to be in compliance with the Green Code of Conduct.

Parties and candidates ought to use solely environment-friendly, soil-soluble and recyclable supplies for campaigning. Boards, banners, and flagpoles product of plastic and PVC should not allowed, he mentioned. Also, plastic, threads, or ribbons shouldn’t be used.

Mr. Subhash mentioned events and candidates ought to take away commercial boards and different supplies after the elections on their very own or hand them over to the companies involved for recycling. If they don’t seem to be eliminated inside 5 days of voting, native physique secretaries shall take away them and cost candidates who profit from commercials, he added.

The Collector mentioned solely eco-friendly supplies like cotton, paper, and polyethylene needs to be used for all official functions.

Local physique secretaries ought to make accessible separate carry baggage for depositing natural and non-organic waste individually at polling stations, and distribution, reception and counting centres. The Collector additionally directed them to arrange yellow and pink carry baggage for gathering used masks and gloves.