IAS officer Ashok Kumar Garg has been posted by the EC as new RO of the Faridabad constituency.
The Election Commission of India on Monday suspended the presiding officer Asoti in Faridabad and ordered repolling at the booth after it was found that a polling agent had forced a voter to press button for the BJP during polling on Sunday.
“An FIR was lodged under secion 171 C (undue influence at elections) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of IPC and section 135 of RP Act, 1951 against the polling agent Mr. He was arrested following a complaint by the Election Commission and subsequently released on bail.Taking a serious note of failure to take immediate action on the incident, the poll body said the Returning Officer 10 of Faridabad constituency has been transferred out from present posting.
The Faridabad election office had on Sunday said that the polling agent who was trying to influence voters was arrested on Sunday.Keep yourself updated on Lok Sabha Elections 2019 with our round-the-clock coverage -- breaking news, updates, analyses et al. end-of Tags: election commission of india, faridabad constituency Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi. The presiding office Amit Atri has been placed under suspension for the dereliction of duty and criminal action is also being initiated against the Presiding officer.
The incident took place at Asawati village in the Faridabad parliamentary constituency where polling was held on May 12.“On enquiry by the Observer, the complaint was found to be true. Giriraj Singh. In Delhi, Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa said the polling agent was arrested on Sunday.A BJP polling agent has been arrested rubber Tackifying Resins for allegedly trying to influence voters at the polling booth after a video of the purported act went viral, officials said. The micro observer Sonal Gulati has not reported the incident correctly for which the commission has barred her from any election related work for three years,” the EC added. It was reported that he tried to influence at least three women voters asking them to vote for the BJP. Happy reading. Commission has therefore ordered a fresh poll at this polling station on 19th of May 2019,” the EC said in a statement
