Belthangady: BJP leader leads mass marriage ceremony that violated almost every COVID 19 protocol
The event was held in close vicinity of police station
Belthangady: Violating all the COVID-19 norms and protocols issued by the state government, a mass marriage ceremony was held on Sunday that was led by BJP leader and Zilla Panchayath Member Tungappa Bangera. A video of the ceremony has gone viral leading to outrage by people who have expressed anguish over organising of the event.
Hundreds of people despite the weekend curfew being in place gathered for the ceremony violating the physical distancing regulation and other protocols set by the government. The video of the ceremony has since been doing rounds on various social media platforms.
The BJP leader Tungappa has received flak for organising the event amidst the ongoing grapple of a dangerous second wave of deadly Coronavirus across the country.
People have also taken note of the fact that the place where the ceremony was held falls in close vicinity of Punjlakatte Police Station and have questioned as to who approved the permit for the ceremony and why the police did not initiate action against the violation of COVID guidelines.
People on social media also accused the authorities of taking action against those opening shops or stepping out during the weekend curfew but events like these are going unnoticed.
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Count of voters in Gujarat drops by 73.73 lakh to 4.34 crore post-SIR
Ahmedabad (PTI): The names of nearly 74 lakh voters have been dropped from Gujarat's draft electoral rolls after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, pegging the total count of electors at 4.34 crore as against the 5.08 crore earlier, an official said on Friday.
The draft electoral rolls were published here by the Election Commission on Friday.
A total of 73.73 lakh voters were omitted from the electoral rolls after the exercise initiated by the EC to clean the rolls, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Hareet Shukla said.
"Before the publication of the draft electoral rolls, a total of 5,08,43,436 voters were registered in the state. After the publication of these rolls, the number of voters is now 4,34,70,109," he said.
"During the SIR campaign, the names of a total of 73,73,327 voters have been removed from the draft electoral roll," Shukla said.
The names of voters in following categories were deleted in the draft electoral rolls -- deceased voters (18,07,278), absent voters (9,69,662), voters who have permanently migrated (40,25,553), voters registered in two places (3,81,470) and others (1,89,364), a release from CEO office said.
The SIR exercise began in Gujarat on November 4 and ended on December 14.
After the publication of draft rolls, objections and claims regarding them can be submitted to authorities till January 18, the EC earlier said.
