Amritsar : Counting of votes for the Punjab civic physique elections started throughout a number of counting centres within the state on Friday amid elaborate safety preparations and tight police deployment to make sure the method stays peaceable and easy.
Polling for 75 Municipal Councils and 20 Nagar Panchayats throughout Punjab was held on Might 26. A complete of seven,555 candidates are contesting the elections for varied Municipal Firms, Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats within the state.
In line with election officers, the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) has fielded 1,801 candidates, whereas the Congress has fielded 1,550 candidates. The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) has 1,316 candidates within the fray, and the Shiromani Akali Dal has fielded 1,251 candidates for the civic physique polls.
Officers arrived on the counting centres early within the morning and initiated the counting course of. Heavy police deployment has additionally been made on the centres to make sure peaceable and easy counting. Chatting with news company, Ajnala SDM Charumita mentioned that counting in Ramdas began at 8:30 am and was being performed throughout 11 cubicles. She mentioned all vital safety preparations had been put in place and that solely authorised personnel and polling employees had been permitted entry into the counting centres.
“Counting is underway throughout 11 cubicles in Ramdas, and we had been capable of start the counting course of at 08:30 AM. The counting has now began. There are 44 candidates from 4 events throughout these 11 cubicles. The safety preparations are utterly advantageous; solely those that have been issued ID playing cards or our personal employees are allowed entry. A single spherical of counting will probably be accomplished in about an hour to an hour and a half,” SDM Charumita mentioned.
In the meantime, DSP Ajnala Inderjeet Singh mentioned a robust room had been established at Authorities Faculty, Ajnala, the place the poll packing containers and election-related supplies had been secured earlier than the graduation of counting. He mentioned enough police personnel had been deployed on the counting centre and senior officers had been overseeing the law-and-order preparations.
“The civic physique elections had been held on twenty sixth Might. A robust room was designated at Authorities Faculty, Ajnala, right here. The counting of votes is being executed right here. Throughout supervision is being executed by SP Headquarters. 4 SHO-level officers have been deployed right here for safety. Police personnel are right here on legislation and order responsibility. Counting will probably be executed peacefully…Counting of votes from 11 wards is being executed right here. 33 safety personnel are right here on responsibility. You possibly can see every part is peaceable right here and it’ll proceed to be the identical,” he instructed news company.
