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Chawla asks Maharashtra voters to go along with family to polling booth | Ahead of Maharashtra assembly polls, chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has said that voters should go with their families at polling booths in
order to prevent bogus voting. "It is necessary because the ration cards in Maharashtra
do not carry photos of the family members. We do not want a misuse of the system,
so we are saying that the whole family should together go to caste their votes.
We will not allow, if a person comes later on and says that he is a part of this
family. But if one comes together with the family, it's fine," Chawla said. Addressing
a press conference in Pune on Wednesday, Chawla said that there would be a booth
level official to identify the family members when they come to cast their votes.
"If there is any attempt at casting a bogus vote, then a First Investigation Report
or FIR will be registered and consequent action will follow," Chawla added. Chawla
had earlier instructed the Director General of Police and Principal Secretary
(Home) of Maharashtra and Haryana to make foolproof arrangements for ensuring
peaceful and free and fair polls. Assembly polls are due on 13th October in three
states Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh; the votes will be counted on
Thursday (22nd October). |
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