Mansa DC gets notice

With the election code of conduct,for forthcoming assembly elections,expected to be announced any time soon,the Punjab chief electoral officer has begun to clamp down on any violations.

Written by Harpreet Bajwa
Chandigarh | December 16, 2011 03:45 AM IST

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With the election code of conduct,for forthcoming assembly elections,expected to be announced any time soon,the Punjab chief electoral officer (CEO) has begun to clamp down on any violations. Sources said that on Wednesday,the Chief electoral Officer,Kushamjit Sidhu had served a notice to Mansa deputy commissioner seeking an explanation on allegations that Bathinda MP Harsimrat Badal visited a school and urged children to ask their parents to vote in favour of the Shiromani Akali Dal.

A few days ago,Bathinda MP and wife of the deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal,Harsimrat Kaur Badal,inaugurated the Adarsh Model School at Datewas village in Mansa district which has reportedly been running for the past two years. While addressing the students there,she allegedly asked them to go home and tell their parents to vote for the Shiromani Akali Dal if they wanted grants to carry out development activities in their school. The CEOs office has now sought an explanation from the Mansa DC over this episode.

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The CEOs office has also shot off a letter Punjab Chief Secretary,SC Agrawal,asking for a panel of three officers from whom it can select a suitable candidate to be appointed as DC Pathankot. The government in all likelihood will send the names to the CEO on Friday as the panel could not be finalised on Thursday owing to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badals absence.

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