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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Surveillance teams, magistrates deployed
To maintain law and order and check the movement of cash and liquor that could be used to influence voters, the police have also set up barricades on those roads that connect Haryana with the neighbouring states and Gurgaon with other areas of the state.
To ensure strict implementation of the model code of conduct, the Gurugram administration has constituted 20 surveillance teams across the district and five static teams in each of the nine assembly constituencies. Forty-four zonal magistrates and 86 sector officers have also been deputed to oversee the entire election process, said deputy commissioner Amit Khatri during a review meeting held on Thursday.
To maintain law and order and check the movement of cash and liquor that could be used to influence voters, the police have also set up barricades on those roads that connect Haryana with the neighbouring states and Gurgaon with other areas of the state. “Randomisation of EVM machines has been undertaken and adequate manpower has been ensured,” said Khatri. In Nuh district, it was reported, that three barricades have been set on roads that connect the district with the neighbouring state. Pankaj, deputy commissioner, Nuh, said that 40 sector officers and 28 zonal magistrates have been deputed in the district.
General election observer, Manmeet Kaur Nanda, and police observer, JP Singh, were also present in the review meeting, in which matters related to EVM machines, election staff deployment, the appointment of micro-observers, peaceful polling and webcasting of the election were discussed. Nanda also said strict action should be taken against anyone violating the model code of conduct. Proceedings on TV channels should also be recorded and violations noticed must be made known to the candidate, she added.
