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Davangere: eight cases of poll code violation registered

DAVANGERE: As many as eight cases of violation of the code of conduct have been registered in Davangere district. Projects being undertaken with financial assistance from the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund have also been stopped. Several posters pasted on public buildings have been removed, huge quantities of illicit liquor destroyed, and saris stored for distribution to women voters seized.

Deputy Commissioner M.B. Dyaberi told presspersons here on Monday that a leader of a political party had given Rs.10,000 to a person suffering from a disease, and added that this amounted to violation of the code of conduct. The issue was under examination, he added.

Mr. Dyaberi said ramps were being provided in 569 polling stations for the benefit of physically challenged people, and shades were being provided at 314 polling stations to ensure that voters did not stand in the sun during the elections. Steps had been taken to provide temporary power supply to 354 polling stations. The supply of electricity would be mandatory at all polling stations during the election process. Polling stations housed in schools and government buildings which had no power supply, would be given temporary connections from nearby houses, Mr Dyaberi said.

One polling station in Honnali, which was situated on the first floor, had been invalidated, and the same accommodated in a nearby place on the ground floor. All polling stations would be on the ground floor of buildings in the district, he said and added that help desks would be set up where a cluster of polling stations were present.

Only four persons could accompany the contesting candidate inside the office of the Returning Officer for purposes of submitting nomination papers. Taking out processions had been banned, he said. Candidates could come in a convoy of three vehicles, which could be followed by another three vehicles maintaining a distance of 50 meters from the first convoy. The ceiling of expenditure for each candidate was Rs. 10 lakh, the Deputy Commissioner said.

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