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"Submit expenditure account once in 3 days"

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Violation will be viewed seriously, says Collector; Thirty cases registered for violation of model code of conduct

DISCUSSING ARRANGEMENTS: The Collector, D. Raajendiran (second from left), addressing the all-party meeting at Collectorate in the city on Wednesday. — Photo: S. James.

MADURAI : Thirty cases had been registered for violation of model code of conduct, including 28 in rural areas, said the Collector, D. Raajendiran, here on Wednesday.

Briefing presspersons after an all-party meeting attended by candidates, party functionaries, election observers and returning officers, he said of the 28 cases registered, eight were against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, seven against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, five against Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, four against Bharatiya Janata Party and one complaint each against All India Forward Bloc, Dravida Vizhipunarchi Kazhagam, Congress and Independent candidate K. Surendran.

Two complaints were registered against Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the city, he added.

Specific complaints were also raised against the number of vehicles used for campaign, the Collector said and added that the observers had asked for details regarding this violation.

It was clarified that each candidate was permitted to spend Rs.10 lakh as election expenditure and had to submit the expenditure account to the respective observers once in three days.

Any violation would be viewed seriously, he said quoting election observers.

Revised electoral rolls

The revised electoral rolls would be circulated to all candidates and those who required more could get them from their respective returning officers on payment of Rs. 2 per sheet, Mr. Raajendiran said.

So far, 5,40,392 voters had received their Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC) and with that the number of EPIC holders in Madurai had risen to 15,41,224, which was roughly 76 per cent of the total voters in the district, he said.

Those who did not have EPIC could produce any one of the documents stipulated by the Election Commission as an alternative to cast their vote, he said.

A total of 10,500 Government staff and teachers were deployed for election duty and training classes for them were going on, he said.

Two electronic voting machines would be given to the constituencies where the number of candidates in fray exceeded 16, he added.

All polling stations had been provided with ramps to benefit physically challenged voters, the Collector said.

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