The Pioneer 07.05.2013
RMC to work without Mayor till July
Ranchi may not elect a new mayor for Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) before July as the State Election Commission (SEC) has shown willingness to wait for the publication of final electoral rolls and monsoon to end. A review meeting was held at the commission’s office on Monday to examine all the aspects of mayoral polls.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Commissioner, Vinay Kumar Choubey and chaired by State Election Commissioner, SD Sharma. “We reviewed all the aspects and discussed issues concerning mayoral elections,” said Sharma.
Taking cognisance of the inconvenience caused to the voters during municipal elections the SEC has decided to wait until a revised electoral roll sans any discrepancies is published. The revision process will culminate with the publication of final rolls on July 1.
“We cannot move forward with the mistakes of the past on our back,” said Sharma adding “the revised rolls will address the issues which came to the fore on the municipal Election Day.”
While the people of Ranchi may be eagerly waiting for the arrival of monsoon the SEC is waiting for the monsoon to subside to hold mayoral polls. Sharma said, “We need to ascertain whether elections can be hold during monsoon” and that it is somewhat inconvenient to hold elections during rainy season.
Meanwhile, the election commissioner and Choubey who is also District Electoral Officer also discussed door to door distribution of voters identity slips in Ranchi as directed by the Election Commission of India. Incidentally, the commission today reiterated its stand on holding elections on the pattern of assembly elections and may reduce the number of polling stations.
“This time we have hold elections for one post only so we discussed reducing the number of polling stations,” said Sharma adding “this would help in reducing election expenses as fewer men and less material would be required for holding elections.”
