Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Arunachal Pradesh Election

Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Election

TINSUKIA, Sept 16: With Assembly elections round the corner, Tirap district is all geared up with all the paper work and other arrangements in place. As a part of the poll preparedness exercise, Tirap DC and DEO, Ankur Garg convened a meeting of administrative officers, AROs, AEROs, EROs, and HoDs on September 14, in the newly constructed conference hall with all state of the art facilities here. While welcoming the participants, the Deputy Commissioner asked the officers to build on the experiences they had gained during the last successful Parliamentary elections adding that success of election depends upon proper planning and execution by the poll officials. He told them to be pro-active and be sensitive to all poll-related problems and asked them to be well-versed with the instructions and guidelines. He further said that, availability of mobile service and satellite phones in most of the polling stations in the district would make the job of poll personnel easier.

The Superintendent of Police, Anil Shukla in his briefing on security asked the AROs and administrative officers to be careful while granting permission to political parties for holding rallies adding that permission should be on first come, first serve basis. He further said that, four companies of CRPF are likely to be deployed in Tirap district in addition to State police and paramilitary forces.

The AROs and AEROs put forth their problems and suggestions in the meeting. In-depth discussion was made on all poll-related matters including arrangement of vehicle, poll party movement plan, etc. On the same day, the Deputy Commissioner held another meeting in which officers and representatives of different political parties attended. The Deputy Commissioner in his speech, explained to the participants the onerous responsibility of political parties in smooth conduct of polls and asked them to follow the instructions issued from time to time. The SP, Anil Shukla sought co-operation from all political parties and assured to deploy adequate security forces at all polling stations. While appealing to political parties to maintain peace, the SP warned that law-breakers would be booked under relevant laws. THE SENTINEL

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