Jaipur: Guidelines have been issued for the final 48 hours of voting in 7 meeting constituencies of Rajasthan. Campaigning within the meeting constituencies has stopped from 6 pm on Monday. A ban has come into impact on any election rally, highway present and election assembly and many others. During this era, there’s a ban on election promoting via TV channels, cell SMS, recorded calls and different digital media.
Advertisements associated to election marketing campaign may even stay closed in cinema halls. Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan stated that tips have been issued for the final 48 hours of voting for the Assembly by-election-2024.
Door-to-door campaigning will happen through the ‘silence interval’ 48 hours earlier than the tip of voting. Candidates and their supporters can solely go door to door and urge voters to vote of their favor. No political celebration or particular person shall name a public assembly or procession. Neither will set up it, nor might be current in it, nor will take part in it nor will tackle it.
Shall not show election associated issues via movement photos, tv or digital media, recorded cellphone calls or cell messages. Will not appeal to voters via musical concert events or any theatrical performances or every other leisure or leisure packages. Apart from this, by arranging for its occasion, no election associated matter might be publicized earlier than the folks. If any particular person violates these provisions, he might be punished with imprisonment of as much as two years or high quality or each.
According to the directions, any political particular person, who is just not a voter or candidate of that constituency or is just not an MP or MLA, can’t keep in that constituency after the tip of the election marketing campaign through the silence interval. Chief Electoral Officer Naveen Mahajan additional stated that if a political particular person having safety cowl of the state aside from the candidate is a voter within the constituency. So he is not going to transfer within the space after exercising his franchise.
ECI has instructed the election equipment, administration and police officers to make sure compliance with these directions. During this era, if there are directions to observe neighborhood centres, dharamshalas and many others., the place outsiders are accommodated, and to confirm details about the folks staying in visitor homes, lodges, resorts, and many others. Action may even be taken to observe the automobiles coming from exterior and set up test posts for this and confirm their identification.
Let us let you know that the ban interval will begin from 6 pm on eleventh November. It might be efficient until 6 pm on November 13 on the time of closing of voting. There can be a ban on telecast of ‘exit polls’ for the by-elections. Which will stay in drive until the tip of the final section of voting in Maharashtra and Jharkhand i.e. twentieth November at 6:30 pm.
