Bengaluru,April.24:Voters without EPIC can vote in the coming assembly elections to be held on May 12th, by producing any of the following documents   as proof of identity. The election Commission has issued an order to this effect.  The Election Commission has already issued the EPIC cards and the voters must produce the same to the returning officer before voting. In case they are unable, alternative documents can be used as proof of identity

The following documents have been listed by the EC as alternative proof of identity.

  1. Passport

 

2. Driving Liecence, Employees identity cards given by Centre/ state Govts/ PSUs or Private limited companies.

 

3. Passbooks issued by Banks or Post offices

4. PAN card

5.Smart cards provided by NPRDRGI

6.MGNREGA Job cards

7.Health insurance smart cards issued by the labor dep.

8.Pension document with photo

9.EPIC

10. IDs for MLAs/MPs

11.AADHAR cards

The EC has issued an order to the electoral officers to verify the above mentioned documents and allow the voters to cast their vote, in case they are without EPIC card. The voters must have IPEC without which voter will not be allowed to cast his/her vote, the EC has notified in its order

 

 

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New Delhi (PTI): Congratulating Rekha Gupta on taking oath as Delhi's chief minister, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said she has risen from the grassroots and expressed confidence that she will work for the city's development with full vigour.

A first-time BJP MLA, Gupta was sworn in as Delhi chief minister in a grand show of strength by the party which returned to power in the city after more than 26 years.

Soon after the swearing-in ceremony of the new Delhi government, Modi said in a congratulatory message, "She has risen from the grassroots, being active in campus politics, state organisation, municipal administration and now MLA as well as Chief Minister."

He added, "I am confident she will work for Delhi's development with full vigour. My best wishes to her for a fruitful tenure."

Along with Gupta, Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Kapil Mishra, Ravinder Indraj Singh, Kapil Mishra and Pankaj Singh were also administered the oath of office by Lt Governor V K Saxena.

Besides Modi, senior leaders of the BJP and its allies were present at the event in Ramlila Maidan.