Palamu: Among the 11 candidates, Abhay Kumar of Communist Party of India and Satendra Kumar Paswan of Partnership Party (P) withdrew their names on the last day of withdrawal of nominations for Palamu Lok Sabha elections on Monday. Now nine candidates are left in the election fray for whom voting will be done on May 13. On this day, 22 lakh 43 thousand 34 voters will exercise their franchise for Palamu Lok Sabha. Voting will take place from 7 am to 5 pm. 2426 polling stations have been created. There will be web casting facility at many polling stations.
Regarding withdrawal of nominations, number of candidates and election preparations, District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner Shashi Ranjan and Superintendent of Police Rishma Ramesan jointly addressed the press at the Collectorate on Monday evening. The DIO said that after the withdrawal of nominations, election symbols were allotted among the nine candidates remaining in the fray.
The District Election Authority said that voting can be done on the basis of 11 different types of documents. Six booths have been relocated in Palamu, while the number of relocated polling stations in Garhwa is four. Three observers have arrived to ensure fair voting. Keeping an eye on the entire matter.
He said that people can use C Vigil app for any kind of complaint. Similarly, candidates will use the Suvidha Portal. Apart from this, other apps can be used. He said that despatch and strong room have been built in GLA College. The entire system here is equipped with CCTV cameras.
He informed that 520 voters will vote while staying at home. These are those voters who are above 85 years of age or have more than 40 percent disability. EVMs will be tracked. Political parties will also be given information about tracking, so that they can track the EVMs of their area. The entire system is transparent and no problem will be allowed to arise from anywhere.
Superintendent of Police Rishma Ramesan informed that preparations for security arrangements have been completed at every booth. According to the situation of the booth, men, women and paramilitary forces will be deployed. He told that there will be parking of vehicles in an area of 300 meters at the general booth. The SP also said that so far four cases of Model Code of Conduct have been registered. Two cases have been registered in Hussainabad, one in Lesliganj and one in Chainpur. The amount which was seized recently has been handed over to the IT Department.
Name of candidate, name of party, allotted election symbol in Palamu Lok Sabha elections
- Kameshwar Baitha, Bahujan Samaj Party, Elephant
- Mamata Bhuyan, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Lantern
- Vishnu Dayal Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party, Kamal
- Brajesh Kumar Turi, National Equality Party, Kainchi
- Mahendra Baitha, Socialist Unity Center of India (Communist), Battery Torch
- Ram Vachan Ram, Bahujan Mukti Party, Charpai
- Vrinda Ram, People’s Party of India (Democratic), Basket of Fruits
- Sanan Ram, Lokhit Adhikar Party, Apple
- Ganesh Ravi, Independent, Ketli
