<p> <br />“As many as 8,000 personnel have been identified for election duty in case of a shortfall of polling staff,” said a BBMP official. The shortlisted personnel from the two districts have been taken from other lines of profession, including banks and government agencies. <br />Meanwhile, teachers involved in SSLC board examinations are not exempted from election duty as the exams will begin only from April 1.<br /><br />The elections scheduled for March 28, which is a Sunday, is expected to sail smoothly with all the centres being closed on that day. “The only change in centres is the shifting of mustering, demustering and counting centres to nearby first grade, polytechnic or engineering colleges,” said the official. The BBMP has put in place 28 counting, mustering and de-mustering centres in every Assembly constituency within the City.<br /><br />Overall, the BBMP has identified 6,610 polling booths, including auxiliary units, for the elections with 45,040 personnel required for election duty. This apart, the State Election Commission (SEC) has provided 28 senior officials as observers for the elections. The BBMP has placed 88 nodal officers at the ward level.<br /><br />To ensure that the Model Code of Conduct is not violated, the BBMP has placed 28 senior officials from their own department specifically for this work. They have been reinforced with eight deputy commissioners as nodal officers.<br /><br />On Monday, BBMP Commissioner Bharath Lal Meena issued the notification for the upcoming elections. The calendar of events and the reservation of wards list has been published in the gazetted order.<br /><br />Aspirants can file their nominations till March 15 and the last date to withdraw nominations is March 19.<br /><br />The elections is scheduled for March 28 and the final date for polls to be completed has been given as April 6.<br /><br />First nomination filed<br /><br />The first nomination to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) election, which is being held after a break of nearly four years, was filed on Monday. K Elumalai (49), son of Kannan and a resident of Halebagaluru Layout was the first person to file his papers for the much-awaited BBMP elections. Elumalai has filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Ward 60 - Sagayapuram under the general category.</p>
<p> <br />“As many as 8,000 personnel have been identified for election duty in case of a shortfall of polling staff,” said a BBMP official. The shortlisted personnel from the two districts have been taken from other lines of profession, including banks and government agencies. <br />Meanwhile, teachers involved in SSLC board examinations are not exempted from election duty as the exams will begin only from April 1.<br /><br />The elections scheduled for March 28, which is a Sunday, is expected to sail smoothly with all the centres being closed on that day. “The only change in centres is the shifting of mustering, demustering and counting centres to nearby first grade, polytechnic or engineering colleges,” said the official. The BBMP has put in place 28 counting, mustering and de-mustering centres in every Assembly constituency within the City.<br /><br />Overall, the BBMP has identified 6,610 polling booths, including auxiliary units, for the elections with 45,040 personnel required for election duty. This apart, the State Election Commission (SEC) has provided 28 senior officials as observers for the elections. The BBMP has placed 88 nodal officers at the ward level.<br /><br />To ensure that the Model Code of Conduct is not violated, the BBMP has placed 28 senior officials from their own department specifically for this work. They have been reinforced with eight deputy commissioners as nodal officers.<br /><br />On Monday, BBMP Commissioner Bharath Lal Meena issued the notification for the upcoming elections. The calendar of events and the reservation of wards list has been published in the gazetted order.<br /><br />Aspirants can file their nominations till March 15 and the last date to withdraw nominations is March 19.<br /><br />The elections is scheduled for March 28 and the final date for polls to be completed has been given as April 6.<br /><br />First nomination filed<br /><br />The first nomination to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) election, which is being held after a break of nearly four years, was filed on Monday. K Elumalai (49), son of Kannan and a resident of Halebagaluru Layout was the first person to file his papers for the much-awaited BBMP elections. Elumalai has filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Ward 60 - Sagayapuram under the general category.</p>
