The Election Commission of India today issued notice to Shiromani Akali Dal for organizing conference at Sri Anandpur Sahib on the occasion of Hola Mohalla despite denial of permission by ECI.Giving this information Mr. Supreet Singh Gulati, Additional CEO said that in a notice sent to Dr. Daljeet Singh Cheema, Secretary Shiromani Akali Dal ECI sought comments from SAD that why it organized a political rally at Sri Anandpur Sahib when permission to hold the same was denied by Election Commission of India. The Additional CEO said that on the first day of nominations 6 candidates, one from CPI (M) and 5 independents filed their nominations from six out of 13 constituencies. He said that CPI (M) candidate Mr. Balbir Singh has filed two sets of nominations and Mr. Raghunath Singh as his covering candidate from Anandpur Sahib Parliamentary constituency. Besides this, Mr. Badal Singh, an Independent candidate has filed nomination from Faridkot, Manpreet Singh s/o Gurdev Singh, an Independent candidate from Bathinda,Manoj Kumar, an Independent candidate from Sangrur, Mr. Rajinder Singh Pawar, an Independent candidate from Patiala and Democratic Bhartiya Samaj candidate Mr. Sukhchain Chand from Khadoor Sahib filed their nominations on the first day of nominations.
Giving the details of record recovery of narcotics, B. Purushartha, Additional CEO said that Jalandhar police has recovered 30 quintal of poppy-husk that was coming from Indore. He said that two people have been arrested by the Jalandhar police and investigations were on. He said that total 31.62 quintals poppy-husk has been seized by Punjab Police after the implementation of model code of conduct. Mr. Gulati said that in order to facilitate political parties and candidates for certification of advertisement of political nature on electronic media, the commission in relaxation of para 10 has decided that apart from adopting existing procedure the political parties/candidates may follow the alternative procedures by first submitting the transcript of the proposed advertisements for certification and once the transcript was approved/vetted by the commission the party/candidate would submit the final product in electronic form another time for final certification.