Over 90K posters, hoardings removed

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Over 90K posters, hoardings removed

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

The office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), with the help of the civic authorities have removed a total of 90,218 hoardings, banners and posters on Tuesday installed across the city. As per the data shared by the Delhi CEO, a total of 181155 posters and banners promoting the leaders of various political parties have been removed from 11th to 19th March.

Among the total number of banners and posters removed in the National Capital, 30533 were removed from New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), 41007 were removed from the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and 44793 by South MCD and 62411 by the North MCD. The remaining, 2411 were removed by the Delhi Cantonment Board.

As per the report, Delhi CEO on Tuesday lodged two First Information Reports (FIRs) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for violating the model code of conduct, which came into force on March 10 for the ‘General Elections-2019’. On the directions of the Delhi CEO, the Delhi Police have seized a total number of 90 unlicensed arms and 2,117 cartridges, explosive and bombs have been seized.

As per the data shared by the Election Commission, a total number of 3202 licensed arms have been deposited and 14716 persons have been booked under various sections CRPC/Delhi Police act as preventive action measures. Around 235 FIRs registered and 253 persons have been arrested under the exercise Act.

A total of 257 FIRs and 263 persons have been arrested under Exercise Act for violating the model code of conduct. “Till date, two litre, 257 bottles, 33385 quarters of Indian Made Foreign Liqour (IMFL) and 223 bottles, 131 half, 64908 quarters country made liquor and 412 bottles have been seized,” shows the report shared by CEO.

Further, 82 FIRs have been registered under Arms Act, in which 105 persons are arrested and 94.337 kg narcotics or drugs have been seized. “As, on date, we have registered six cases for having connection with the misuse of car under various categories such as election purposes, gratification or voters among others,” said the report.

As per the report, in the last two months around two lakh people have been added to the electoral roll in Delhi, taking the total number of eligible voters to 1.39 crore at present which includes 77,05537 male, 62,82366 female and 665 third gender voters.

The reports also shows that there are around 1, 81,756 voters between the age-group of 18-19. As per the CEO, there has been an increase of 90,000 to one lakh voters after model code of conduct came into force.

The Lok Sabha General Elections will start fromApril 11 and will be held over seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23.  The election in Delhi is scheduled on May 12.

Polling stations will be set up in total 2,696 locations with 13816 polling booths in each Assembly constituency. Delhi has seven Lok Sabha seats and 70 Assembly constituencies. There would 425 critical polling stations, as per current assessment, officials said.

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