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New Delhi: The Mahabharata of elections in the world's largest democracy has finally ended in the country. The Election Commission has announced the schedule of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday afternoon. Like the year 2019, this time too Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases. The Election Commission said that the Lok Sabha elections will begin from April 19 and the seventh phase of voting will be held on June 1, while the results will be declared on June 4. Voting will be held in seven phases in three states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. Along with the Lok Sabha, assembly elections will be held in four states and by-elections will be held on 26 assembly seats. Along with the Election Commission's announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that the world's biggest election exercise will start from April 19 and the results will come on June 4.
The Election Commission said that voting will be held in seven phases in the country on 19 April, 26 April, 7 May, 13 May, 20 May, 25 May and 1 June and the results will be declared on 4 June. The tenure of the current Lok Sabha is ending on June 16. So before this the new Lok Sabha will be formed. With the announcement of Lok Sabha elections, the code of conduct has come into effect across the country from Saturday. A total of 55 lakh EVMs will be used at more than 10.5 lakh polling stations for the Lok Sabha elections. 1.5 crore employees will handle election work at these polling stations.
The Election Commission said that out of the total 97 crore voters in the country, 49.7 crore are men, 47.1 crore are women and 48 thousand are transgenders. Among these voters, 82 lakh are above 85 years of age and 2.18 lakh are above 100 years of age. This time 1.82 crore voters in the country will vote for the first time. In 12 states and union territories, female voters are more than male voters.
Apart from state police forces, 3.4 lakh Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel will be deployed to ensure free, fair and peaceful voting in the country. 92,000 troops will be deployed in politically sensitive West Bengal while 63,500 troops will be deployed in terror-hit Jammu and Kashmir. 36,000 soldiers will be deployed in Naxal affected Chhattisgarh. A total of 3,400 CAPF companies will be deployed across all states and union territories.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Saturday said our team is now complete with the appointment of two new election commissioners, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
We are all set to celebrate the biggest festival of Indian democracy. We are committed to conducting national elections in a manner that makes India proud globally.
Rajiv Kumar said that voters above 85 years of age and disabled voters across the country will be provided the facility to vote from home. The form will be filled by visiting the homes of voters above 85 years of age and with more than 40 percent disability. This system will be implemented in the entire country for the first time.
The Election Commission said that voting will be held in seven phases in three states Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, while voting will be held in a single phase in 21 states and union territories including Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana. In the first phase, voting will be held on 102 seats in 21 states and union territories on April 19.
In the first phase, voting will be held in 10 states and union territories of the country. Voting will be held on 89 seats in 13 states in the second phase on April 26. Voting will be held in four more states in this phase. In the third phase, voting will be held on 94 seats in 12 states on May 7 and voting will be completed in six more states.
The Election Commission said that in the fourth phase on May 13, voting will be held on 96 seats in 10 states and the voting process will be completed in three more states. In the fifth phase, voting will be held on 49 seats in eight states on May 20 and voting will be completed in three more states. Voting will be held on 57 seats in seven states in the sixth phase on May 25 and in this phase the voting process will be completed in two more states. In the seventh and final phase, voting will be held on 57 seats in eight states on June 1.
Violence-hit Manipur has two Lok Sabha seats, with Inner Manipur and parts of Outer Manipur going to polls on April 19, while the rest of Outer Manipur will go to polls on April 26. People living in relief camps will be given the facility to vote from there.
Had to make public announcement 'I am tainted' three times
Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar said that this time the tainted candidates will have to publish public notice in newspapers thrice. Candidates with criminal record will have to write 'I am tainted' in the advertisement. Apart from this, they will also have to give details of criminal cases against them in these advertisements. Apart from this, all political parties will also have to advertise in newspapers how many of their candidates have criminal records, that is, whether they are tainted.
Election Commissioner read poetry
Accusation of unfulfilled desires… Rajeev Kumar's reply to Shayra
– Rahiman The thread of love, do not break the mind, if broken it should not be found again, you will get Natto Parijai: Quoted couplets of Rahim
The issue of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) came up while announcing the schedule of Lok Sabha elections. At the end of the press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar talked about EVMs and took a dig at those who tamper with EVMs.
Referring to the people who repeatedly raised questions on EVMs, Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar said, 'Don't blame us for unfulfilled desires every time, you say that EVMs are not loyal to themselves.'
Rajiv Kumar urged political parties to avoid personal attacks and maintain decorum during the election campaign. After this, quoting the famous Urdu poet Bashir Badr, he said, 'Stop the enmity but let it echo, whenever we become friends, don't be ashamed.'
He said that nowadays the process of becoming friends and enemies has become a little faster. Therefore, parties should not talk so much that they become enemies of each other. Spoken words are digitally recorded forever and played back again and again. Therefore, political parties should avoid creating dirty digital memories of bad words. Because once there is a fight, the love relationship breaks and it becomes difficult to reconnect. During this, while reciting Rahim's couplet, he said, 'Rahiman, the thread of love, don't break the mind, break it, don't meet, mile nato parijaya.'
