Chennai: The Opposition Leader of Tamil Nadu and co-coordinator of AIADMK Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday wrote to Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner V Palanikumar urging him to conduct the agricultural native physique elections for 9 newly-formed districts within the state–scheduled on October 6 and 9–in a single section.
Citing that even the state Assembly elections to 234 constituencies have been held in a single section, he mentioned, two phases of polls would supply house for anti-national components and create regulation and order issues.
Further, the previous Chief Minister mentioned, “The fact that the local bodies elections are to be held in such short notice in itself puts the opposition party and other parties who are not in power at a position of disadvantage and the conduct of elections at two phases would only further create law and order problems in the said districts.”
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He additionally requested the polling officers to make sure the observe of COVID-19 etiquette at polling cubicles and to put in CCTV cameras. He additionally mentioned, CRPF personnel must be employed to make sure that authorities servants don’t act in favour of the ruling get together.
“Such prolonged phases of election would only provide opportunity to anti-social elements to permeate and create an atmosphere where the voters would be threatened/intimidated to vote for political parties/not cast their vote, thereby defeating the purpose of holding such elections,” he mentioned.
Hence, he requested the state EC to carry a single section election to be able to be sure that the voters might solid their votes at one go and never be subjected to such anti-social components.
