SEC to complete Shimls MC poll with PRI bye-poll
After failing to conduct Shimls Muncipal Corporation Election ( schedule before June 17) State Election Commission wants to hold simultaneously poll of MC Shimla, with the by-elections of Panchayat Raj Institution Spokesperson of SEC said today that preparations have started for Shimla Municipal Corporation elections as District Election Officer and DC had notified 122 polling stations in 36 wards of Shimla. The polling stations of the remaining five wards will also be notified soon after clearing the objections of the people regarding the delimitation. The State Election Commission has also asked DC Shimla to also settle the objections and suggestions in five words of delimitation proceed as Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked to review delimitation process in five wards so that the work of preparing the voter list for MC Shimla elections in these five wards could be started soon. Spokesperson of SEC said earlier that it would miss deadline of holding MC poll in time but now it has started internal exercise for MC elections, which will be completed by June 25. If the dispute of delimitation of wards of Shimla MC is resolved soon then by-elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions would also be held simultaneously. Five days would be given in preparation of electrol roll and additional seven days would be given for appeal. It is expected that by June 25, DC Shimla would complete the work of settling the objection regarding delimitation. In such a situation, by June 26, the State Election Commission will publish the draft-roll of the voter list of all 41 wards simultaneously.The Election Commission wants that by June 25, if the objections of the delimitation of all the wards are settled, then the draft-roll would be published simultaneously to prepare the voter list of all the 41 wards, but for this First DC Shimla is required to fix the boundaries of all the wards, because due to the boundaries of five wards of Shimla, the dispute went to court. Now the court has ordered to hear the objections of the people to settle this dispute. State Election Commission will be able to prepare voter list in all the wards of Shimla only after the draft roll is published. Only after this the addition and deletion will happen at the ward level. State Election Commission wants that along with MC Shimla, the by-elections Including Pradhan, Up-Pradhan, Panchayat Samiti and Ward members should also be held simultaneously in Zilla Parishad and other Panchayats in Rampur. If the dispute of delimitation of wards of Shimla MC is resolved soon then by-elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions will also be held simultaneously, spokesperson added.
