LS Polls: Election campaign to end today

With just two days left for the conduct of Lok Sabha polls in Telangana, necessary polling arrangements are being made to conduct the polls in a free and peaceful manner on April 11. Of the 17 Parliamentary Constituencies that will go to polls in State, the poll timing in 16 constituencies will be from 7 am to  5 pm whereas in Nizamabad constituency it will be held from 8 am to 6 pm where 185 candidates are in the fray and before actual poll begins, the presiding officers have to conduct a mock poll in the presence of agents of political parties to check the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). 

Briefing the media here on Monday, Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana, Rajat Kumar said that the election campaigning will come to an end at 5 pm on Tuesday. “From 5 pm tomorrow, there will be a complete ban on public meetings during 48-hour period ending with the time fixed for conclusion of poll.” Election-related public meetings, processions, media advertisements, use of bulk SMSs as well as sale of liquor are banned during this period (6 pm on April 9 to 6 pm on April 11). There will be pre-certification of political advertisements in print media on the day of poll and one day prior to poll. The content of the advertisements need to get pre-certified by the MCMC committee.