Police Should Take Action to Ensure Free And Fair Elections: Ronald Rose

Hyderabad, September 23: Hyderabad District Election Officer Ronald Rose suggested that the sectoral officers and the police should take joint action to ensure that the upcoming elections are free and fair. District Election Officer Ronald Ross conducted an awareness program with Sectoral Officers and Police Sectoral Officers at Banjara Hills Adivasi Banjara Bhawan on Saturday. Hyderabad City Police Commissioner CV Anand participated in the meeting.

On this occasion, the District Election Officer said that for every 10 to 12 polling, a Sectoral Officer and a Police Sectoral Officer have been appointed.

The sectoral officials should provide complete information on the mapping of polling stations and the mapping of the eligible area by September 30.

They want to check the mobile connectivity in the polling station.

They want to create a route map of polling stations so that people can vote easily. No one should be allowed within 200 meters of the polling station.

Drinking water facilities, electricity, toilets, ramps, entry, problematic, sensitive, and highly sensitive places should be identified at the polling center for women, old people, and others without any difficulty.

He said that people would come to vote thereafter creating awareness about the newly established polling stations. People should be made aware of EVM and VV pot.

He said that any doubts regarding the right to vote will be resolved through the 1950 helpline, and the helpline will operate 24 hours after the notification of the election.

It has been suggested to the officials that there is no possibility of exercising the right to vote if one has a voter identity card and that the right to vote is possible only if one’s name is in the electro-roll.

Everyone should check their names in the electro roll beforehand. Postal ballot facilities are being provided to those performing election duties.

Election observers and the Central Election Commission are coming to the state soon so they should keep complete information.

The sectoral officials said that the police station should prepare a communication plan.

Later, Commissioner of Police CV Anand said… Police and sectoral officers should explain the information on vulnerable areas to election observers.

This time the number of polling stations has increased more than before and they want to collect complete information on sensitive areas for the purpose of elections.

Police personnel registered a 93% voter turnout in the last election through postal ballot. He said that the Central Election Commission will go to the elderly and give them the right to vote in the elections to be held this time.

Hyderabad Collector Anudeep Durishetti, Additional CP Vikram Singh Mann, Khairatabad RO Venkatesh Dhotre, EVDM Director Prakash Reddy, Additional Commissioner Election Shankaraiah, Joint Commissioner Mangathayar, DCP, ACP, Constituency RO, Assistant Returning Officers, Sectoral Officers and others participated in this meeting.

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