Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Uttarakhand Chief Election Officer directs to monitor sale of liquor across state
Lok Sabha Poll 2024: With the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 dates looming, the Chief Electoral Officer of Uttarakhand, BVRC Purushottam directed the Excise Commissioner, Prashant Arya, to enhance supervision over the sale and confiscation of alcohol throughout the state ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
In addition to mandating the installation of CCTV cameras at checkpoints for surveillance purposes, he has instructed regular submission of daily reports to his office, as per an official statement released on Saturday.
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"The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has instructed the Excise Department officials to compulsorily upload the progress report of the action taken against illegal liquor in all the districts on the Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) portal every day," the statement read.
The CEO also directed that the sudden increase in liquor sales should be monitored by analyzing the daily sales in liquor shops for the last two years.
"He gave strict instructions to complete the training programs of excise officers and nodal officers in the next 2-3 days. While giving instructions to ensure the tracking of vehicles, he said that there should be continuous cooperation with the police department," it added.
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Last week, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar issued a strong caution to political parties, stressing a strict "zero-tolerance approach" towards any "misappropriation of funds" during the impending Lok Sabha elections.
"The Commission has urged all the political parties, their leaders, and the contesting candidates to remain within the confines of the Model Code of Conduct and the legal framework. It has been emphasised that any genres of surrogate or indirect violation of MCC and surrogate means to plumate level of the election campaign will be dealt with stern action by the Commission," the poll body said in a statement earlier.
The Lok Sabha elections are likely to be held in April-May.
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