New Delhi: The number of violations of the Mod Code of Conduct this year is the highest in the history of assembly elections in Delhi, an Election Commission official said on Monday. Voters in 70 constituencies in nine districts of th capital will cast ballot to elect a new Delhi assembly on December 4. The number of First Information Reports against political parties this time is the highest at 346, Vijay Dev, chief electoral officer of the Delhi Election Commission, said at a press conference. Total 105 FIRs have been recorded against Aam Aadmi Party, making it the highest against any political party. Code violation cases against the Congress stood a 88, against the Bharatiya Janata Party at 86, Bahujan Samajwadi Party at 27 and the remaining against other parties, Mr Dev said. In the past one month, 70 unlicensed arms and 6 cartridges were seized by electoral officers deployed in all nine districts of Delhi. A total number of 3,024 non-bailable warrants have been issued against people involved in illegitimate activities to create havoc during elections, Mr Dev said. The figure for preventive action taken against political party volunteers stood at 46,085. A total cash amount of Rs 1,31,32,504 was seize in the last one month from various constituencie when it was being distributed among voters. A total of 413 warning notices were issued agains political parties for illegitimately organising publi meetings, Dev said. On arrangements made prior to the elections, th officer said all wine shops in the capital will remain closed from the time campaigning closed till the time polling was over to prevent supply o liquor among voters. To maintain tranquillity and conduct the polls as per norms, 70,000 police personnel will be deployed in the capital. On the day of elections, Delhi Transport Corporation buses and Delhi Metro services will commence from 3 am so that voters find it easy commute to polling centres, said Mr Dev.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:11:36 +0000
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