Ensure General Elections are held in fair manner: CEO

By OUR STAFF REPORTER
DEHRADUN, 18 Jan: For the smooth conduct of the upcoming General Elections 2019, State Level Master Trainer (SLMT) Sunil Kumar Meena, IPS, Laxmi Raj Chauhan, PCS, Sohan Singh Saini, PCS, provided information and training to all the District Level Master Trainers (DLMT) on Election and Security Planning, District Election Management Plan, Vulnerability Mapping, Critical Booth, etc., in the auditorium of the APJ Abdul Kalam Bhawan at the Secretariat, here, on Friday.
Detailed information was also provided by Chief Electoral Officer Saujanya, Additional Chief Electoral Officer V Shanmugam, Joint Chief Electoral Officer Pratap Singh Shah. Instructions were issued to ensure that the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections be held in an independent, fair and peaceful manner as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India. Deputy District Election Officers and police officers of the districts were also present at the training.
Saujanya added that the police department should put together details of the police personnel to be deployed in the election by 31 January and accordingly compile Form-12 so that the police personnel posted on duty can exercise their right to franchise. She instructed that all the Sector Officers ensure drinking water, toilets and seating arrangements in polling booths coming under their jurisdiction with the departments concerned before the elections.