February 19, 2022 10:26 PM

printer

Punjab Elections: CEO exhorts voters to ensure full participation in voting

<span style="font-size: 13.3333px; color: #222222;">Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Dr. S Karuna Raju today exhorted the voters across the state to ensure full participation in the voting zealously for 117 assembly Constituencies to be held from 8 am to 6 pm tomorrow.</span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> <br />''</span><br />''Making a fervent appeal to the voters, Dr. S Karuna Raju said they should exercise their right to franchise to uphold the ethos of democratic system as envisaged in the Indian Constitution. <br />''<br />''He said in case any candidate or his agent/any other person, who has been authorised by the candidate, tries to bribe or influence the voters directly or indirectly to cast vote or prevent him from voting tantamount to blatant violation of section 123 of The People's Representation Act 1951.<br />''<br />'' Under this Act bribe is not only considered as pecuniary benefits rather any source of entertainment or providing job of any type is also amounts to infringement of the Act.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The CEO also impressed upon the voters if any person gives them money, liquor, intoxicants or tries to induce or intimidate in anyway as above mentioned, the voters should immediately lodge complaint in this regard on C-vigil app or voters helpline no 1950.</span><br />

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.