75 polling booths identified as critical in Gurugram district
The district administration has identified 75 polling booths as critical in the Gurugram district. The District Magistrate-cum-District Election Officer Nishant Kumar Yadav said micro observers would be deployed in all the polling booths identified as critical for the peaceful conduct of the Assembly elections to be held on October 5.
The district administration is making efforts for live streaming and videography of the polling process at all these booths.
There are a total of 1,507 booths in the four Assembly constituencies of Gurgaon, Badshahpur, Pataudi and Sohna in the district. Of the 75 critical booths, 21 are in the Badshahpur Assembly segment, 23 in Sohna, 10 in Gurgaon, and 21 in Pataudi.
The district administration is making efforts for live streaming and videography of the polling process at all these booths.
The central paramilitary forces, along with the local police force, is being deployed in areas where critical booths have been identified by the administration.
'Critical' in the context of elections refers to the susceptibility of any voter or section of voters to being wrongfully prevented from or influenced upon in relation to the exercise of his/her right to vote in a free and fair manner, through ‘intimidation’ or use of undue influence or force of any kind on him.
Meanwhile, the central police forces comprising companies of the Border Security Force (BSF) have started arriving in Gurugram for the smooth conduct of the polls. The BSF jawans on Wednesday carried out a flag march in Sohna area of the district.
Yadav said polling parties had been deployed under the randomisation process to conduct the elections in a fair and peaceful manner at all the booths.
As per the instructions of the Election Commission, the first randomisation of micro observers was done on Thursday to monitor the critical booths of the four Assembly constituencies of the district.
He said after randomisation, 10 micro observers had been appointed in Gurgaon, 21 in Badshahpur, 21 in Pataudi and 23 in Sohna Assembly constituencies. At least, 22 micro observers had also been kept in reserve for 'emergency' situations. However, their booths would be allocated only after their training and second phase of randomisation.
