LS Elections-2024: General, Police observers visit Samba, review election preparedness

Samba: General Observer for 5-Jammu parliamentary constituency Rahul Ranjan Mahiwal and Police Observer, Gajarao Bhupal on Friday visited Samba to oversee election preparedness in the district.
The Observers held meetings with Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) and Nodal Officers in the Conference Hall, Samba.
The General Observer advised the Nodal Officers to continue their efforts and work with dedication for smooth conduct of elections. He emphasized on the need for strict adherence to election rules and regulations, especially in ensuring free and fair polling process and urged the Nodal officers to be vigilant in addressing any concerns that may arise.
DEO Samba, Abhishek Sharma and SSP Samba, Vinay Kumar briefed the chair regarding the election preparedness including enforcement of model code of conduct, expenditure monitoring, security plan, transport and communication plan and the functioning of VSTs and FSTs and coordination efforts to ensure a successful election process.
Nodal Officers gave brief reports on action taken and next course of action. The DEO presented the District Election Management Plan (DEMP) to General Observer.
Later, the Observers inspected MCMC, Complaint management Cell, Video viewing team and Assistant Expenditure Observers cell established in Conclave Hall.
Among others, ADDC Samba, Champa Devi, ADC Samba Suresh Chander, GM DIC Gurpreet Singh, ACR, Dr Kusum Chib, Deputy District Election Officer Samba, Harvinder Singh, DIO, Ashiq Rafiq Malik and others district and Sectoral officers attended the meeting.