‘‘Outsiders’ need to go out of constituencies after May 10’
Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil
Mangaluru, May 6: Before 48 hours of closing all voting process, which means, after May 10, 6 pm, all outsiders including star campaigners, workers and party leaders should not be in any constituencies, said Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Senthil said that all owners of all hotels, community halls and lodges were clearly directed not to provide lodging facility for any of the ‘outsiders’ in any constituency in the district. If anybody found staying inside the constituency violating the direction, would be sent outside, said Sentil, who is also the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district.
The district administration has made all preparations for the election to be held on May 12. As per the direction of the Election Commission, all voters, political parties and candidates should follow the norms and it was informed to the agents of all candidates, he said.
Appointment of polling agents
Mock polling would be conducted in all 1858 polling booths before the actual polling starts on May 12. So, all polling agents should be present in polling stations by 5.45 am and be there till the end of voting process. Candidates could appoint their agents and provide the appointment orders in Form 10 to respective officers of the polling stations, he said.
Total 517 sensitive polling stations were identified in the district in which, web casting, CPMF deployment, videography and micro observers were appointed, he said.
Exit poll survey
Before 48 hours of the closing of election process, the Election Commission has banned all exit poll surveys. Following this, political parties, candidates and their supporters should get the permission from the district and state level MCMC committee and get the permission for the advertisements to be given on May 11 and 12, which means, by May 9, they have to submit two sets of advertisements should be submitted to Chief Election Officer, 2nd Floor, East Part, Treasury Bhavan, Race Course Road, Bengaluru with all information and publish them, he said.
It is also banned campaigning within the radius of 100 mt of the polling station on May 12. The political parties could set up candidates booths after 200 mts of polling station and they could use one table, two chairs and 1.5 ft banner. But before setting up of such booths, they should get permission from gram panchayat or local bodies, he said.
A candidate could get permission to use total three vehicles including one for the candidate, one for agent and another for party workers, he said.
In all polling stations, a facility would be provided with the booth level officer would help the voters to get their voter ID number with the help of alphabetical list of voters, he said.
Prohibitory order
In order to conduct the election in a smooth way, prohibitory order was imposed under Section 144 to avoid illegal assembly, conducting public programme, taking out procession and public campaigning before 48 hours of voting, he said.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
