All arrangements in place for MLC elections: Collector

Eluru: West Godavari District Collector K Bhaskar said that all arrangements are in place for Member of Legislative Council (MLC) elections in West Godavari district.

He participated in a videoconference conducted by State Chief Election Officer S Bhanwarlal with district collectors of Andhra Pradesh and the Telangana States on Friday.

During video conference, the Collector said that the electoral rolls have been amended and flying squads, expenditure monitoring team, Media certification and monitoring committee teams are also set up in the district.

He said that the amended electoral rolls details will be completed and sent to the Election Commission.

Bhaskar said that due to technical problems, the electoral rolls in Veleairpadu and Kukunuru could not be placed online. The Chief Election Officer Bhanwarlal responding to the glitch, said that earlier these two mandals were in Telangana and now the district administration has to approach EC to resolve it.

The CEO Bhanwarlal said that every mandal will have a flying squad, video team should shoot every meeting, speeches of the candidates seeking votes.

However, he said that Class X examination centres have been exempted from polling and if any centre was set up in those centres, written request should be sent to the Election Commission for the change of the polling booth.

Joint Collector Pulipati Koteswara Rao, Additional SP V Ratna, DRO Katta Hymavathi and others participated in the video conference.