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Andhra SEC Directs Officials to Ensure Peaceful Local Body Polls
- •Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha directed top officials to ensure peaceful, free and fair local body elections across the state.
- •A high-level review meeting was attended by Chief Secretary G Sai Prasad, DGP Harish Kumar Gupta and other senior police officials.
- •Authorities discussed preventive security measures and deployment of additional police forces in sensitive areas to avoid untoward incidents.
- •Urban local body polls are scheduled for October 28, MPTC and ZPTC elections for November 3, and gram panchayat polls in three phases starting November 26.
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State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha directed officials to implement stringent security measures and deploy additional police forces in sensitive areas to ensure peaceful, free, and fair elections. The DGP confirmed that preventive measures have been taken to avert untoward incidents, and clear instructions were issued to maintain law and order without negligence.
Elections to 100 urban local bodies are scheduled for October 28, with results declared on October 30. Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituencies (MPTCs) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies (ZPTCs) will vote on November 3, and gram panchayat elections will occur in three phases on November 26, November 29, and December 2.
The election preparedness meeting was attended by Chief Secretary G Sai Prasad, DGP Harish Kumar Gupta, Additional Director General of Police for Law and Order N Madhusudana Reddy, and Inspector General of Police B Rajakumari.
