by Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, JANUARY 17
The
Election Commission of India today issued guidelines to curb the misuse of
official vehicles during elections and tours of ministers during the Model Code
of Conduct for the ensuing Moga by-election.
A spokesman of
the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer Punjab said that the ministers should
not combine their official visit with electioneering work and should also not
make use of their official machinery and personnel during the elections.
Government transport including official air-crafts, vehicles, machinery and
personnel shall not be used for furtherance of the interest of the Party in
Power. Public places such as maidans etc for holding election meetings and use
of helipads for air-flights in connection with elections shall not be
monopolized by the party in power. Other parties and candidates shall be
allowed to use such places and facilities on the same terms and conditions on
which they are used by the party in power.
He further said
that these instructions shall come into effect from the date of announcement of
elections till the completion of elections. He said that the commission directs
that there shall be a total and absolute ban on the use of official vehicle for
campaigning, electioneering or election related travel during election. There
shall be total prohibition on the use of any vehicle such as helicopters,
aircrafts, cars; jeeps belonging to the state government or any other body in
which public funds however portion of the total are invested for any purpose
connected with the election by any political party, candidate or any other
person connected with the election. He said the use of such vehicles belonging
to any of these authorities by anyone including ministers of the state
government even on payment or on tours connected with elections but with the
alleged and bogusly certified purpose of election work in their election
capacity as ministers is totally prohibited.
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