Find details of your polling station with just an SMS
Mangaluru: The Election Commission of India is coming up with new and innovative ideas to reach out to voters. This year being the election year, the commission has started a drive with hash tag #NoVoterToBeLeftBehind and has started various services for voters to ease their hassles faced during elections.
As a part of this initiative, a SMS service has also been started through which the voters can get the details of their polling stations by just sending an SMS.
The voters need to type <ECIPS> Space <Your EPIC no> and sent it to 1950. The voters will receive an acknowledgement message followed by the details of their polling station later.
In a fact posted by Officials Twitter handle of Election Commission the polling station of voters falls within 2 kms of their residence, ordinarily.
NOTE: EPIC number is your voter card number which is printed on your voter id card.
"Find Your Polling Station!
— ECI #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ECISVEEP) March 31, 2019
Your Polling Station falls within 2 kms of your residence, ordinarily. #GoFind your Polling Station#NoVoterToBeLeftBehind #DeshKaMahaTyohar " pic.twitter.com/2k32bUW6cz
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
