DW BUREAU / MOHALI

Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Aashika Jain said that there will be a zero tolerance policy towards the use of unfair means during Lok Sabha Elections-2024 in Mohali district.

Addressing the media about the preparations of Elections in Mohali district, she said that as per the directions of the Election Commissioner of India, the district administration is fully committed to conducting free, fair and transparent elections. She said that the use of money and muscle power will strictly be dealt and the accused will be sent behind bars immediately.

She said that Mohali district comprises three state legislative assembly constituencies, out of which 52-Kharar and 53-SAS Nagar fall in 06-Anandpur Sahib Parliamentary Constituency while 112-Derabassi falls in 13-Patiala Parliamentary Constituency.

These constituencies have a total of 818 polling booths and 7,90,499 voters. Out of these, 4,14,276 are male voters, 3,76,187 are female voters and 36 third gender voters. Anyone who attains the age of 18 years on April 1, 2024, can enrol him/herself by the 5th of May, she further added.

To monitor the district due to the sharing of its interstate boundaries with UT and State Capital Chandigarh and Haryana, the district has 03 operational Flying Squad Teams in each constituency to keep vigil on the election process. Similarly, the district has also 04 Static Surveillance Teams in each constituency to be made operational from the day of starting filing of Nominations.

Apart from that district has a 24x7 operational Grievances Cell having a toll-free number of 1950 and email ID complaintcellmohali2024@gmail.com. Similarly, another online complaint mechanism related to violation of the model code of conduct is also in place as a cVigil app.

One can download it on his/her mobile and upload the photograph or video of the MCC violation which would be disposed of within 100 minutes of handing over the complaint to the concerned team. Besides, the Model Code Of Conduct Enforcement Team, Expenditure Monitoring Team, Electoral Ballot Paper Team, and Permissions Committee have also been made functional to keep a close check on various ongoing activities in the district. Parties can get online permissions by logging on to the Suvidha app,

she added.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Dr Sandeep Garg while throwing light on the elaborative security arrangements made by the district police, said that taking in view the interstate border sharing of the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Nakas have already been in place to check the inflow of cash, liquor and drugs.
(editor@dailyworld.in)