SVEEP/INVC as on 7th April 2014

Salient features of the V.C. held on 07.04.14. on SVEEP.

Ø     We have a total No. of 264 booths where the polls recorded in the last Parliament General Election were barely 10% of the average. So, to enhance voters’ turn- out percentage (VTR) a special SVEEP drive has to be launched.

Ø     Our strategy to enhance VTR would include a dedicated tableau with all IEC materials provided by ECI  to be displayed prominently and one artist will have to be engaged by DICO for this purpose.

Ø     As per the instruction we have to make at least 10 polling stations as  model booths. Apart from this, Punisole, a village falling  under Onda-254 AC which will have  21 model booths. Besides, two each from Khatra, Bankura Municipality and Bishnupur Municipality will be model booths. 

Ø     The No. of vulnerable electors residing in areas – particularly, in LWE blocks - has to be ascertained or assessed keeping in mind the trend of percentage of votes is very low. 4 such blocks under 3 A.Cs have been identified in this connection.

Ø     As this district comes under the ambit of  e-governance, facilities like common service centre for issuing of  residential, caste certificate etc. we can make use of  this CSC as voters facility centre as well during the election period.

Ø     We have almost 59406 new voters as on date. So we will launch a special drive in colleges and educational institutions to ensure their participation in the electoral process and as a part of we will appoint campus ambassadors among the eminent persons like retired professors etc. who will motivate the new voters to exercise their franchise. 

Ø     We will ask BSNL for bulk messages to the voter from P-5 day till P-day

to cast their votes.

Ø     Among the tribals particularly Santhals, DICO will be requested to campaign in alchiki script in some adivasi festivals like Hunting Festival/ Baha/Disom / Sikaria. We have to make adequate police arrangement on this occasion on 09/4 and 10/4. The aid of audio visual media will be taken for this task.

Ø     We have to  take special note of any decision for boycott of polls in any part of the constituency. Oftentimes, these are propelled by local grievances. We may address such issue beforehand, if possible, to preclude any such possibility of boycott of polls.

Ø     In 102 polling stations there is no drinking water facility or ground water resource, we can sink new tube-wells or make the old ones functional with the fund available of SDR or fund placed for election purpose for basic minimum facilities.

Ø     We will meet media persons as on 12.04.14. on the first day of nomination.  

ECI Full Bench Meeting as on 6th April 2014, Kolkata

MEETING WITH ECI / FULL BENCH DT.-06-04-2014

Ø    Bike Vahini

Ø    West Bengal board of Primary Education – vote for ruling party.

Ø    Employees union.

Ø    SVEEP pledge – not be given by political party.

Ø    Extended polling hours -must advertise.

Ø    Ethical voting – Maligning image of sbdy……… [Go through instruction given in last two days]

Ø    Incentive such a concession in shop or Hotels should be restrained by advertisement and not be used to voters turn out.

Ø    Basic minimum facility to polling station.

Ø    Poll day- SMS system to be streamlined.

Ø    EVMs – 2^nd level check / Mock poll.       “EVMs security measure” EVMs storage – after 2^nd level check.

Ø    EVMs training for mock poll to ( Presiding officer +1 another person)

Ø    Mock Poll – 6 AM /Revised instruction. (Minimum 50 presses must).

Ø    Mock poll certificate.

Ø    Polling agents can remain present in the polling station unless the EVMs are collected after poll hours are over.

Ø    Strong Room safety to be checked by D.M / S.P. One senior officer must move to strong room and make their entry on visitor register.

Ø    Senior officers visit to vulnerable Hamlet & make one contact person in each vulnerable hamlets.

Ø    CEO must get abstract of the complaint monitoring from district level.

Ø    Basic minimum facility to polling station.        

v                Revised polling hours – publicize in newspaper.

v                Categories the polling stations as per requirement.

Q. -     Android Phone.

Q.-      Mobile shadow zone – no action for BSNL

Ø    Distribution of voter’s slip (It is one of the alternate document)

v             It must be distance within P-5.

v             Complete AC of photo voter slip.

v             BLO authentication must.

v             No bulk disbursement.

v             Door to door distribution by BLOs of VPs.

v             No photocopy of voter’s slip shall be used as proof of voter’s identity.

[Person coming with EPIC will have to bring voter slip ?

Ø    Review of the examine – loud speaker use.

Ø    Drinking water facility – O & M – already established set up will be going on.

Q- What about new sinking?

Q- No fund is available for EVM storage ?

Q- Fund for Video Camera, CC TV / Digital Camera?

Ø    Make use of the existing CAPF for area domination in LWE and Non-LWE both judiciously.

Ø    Dedicated no – 1950 – (toll free)

OUR CONCERN IN 4^TH PHASE :-

1)    Political disturbance – 20 reported clash / 9 FIR / 47 Political culprit /24 at police station.

v   Area domination and flag march – 1 company BSF.

2)    MCC violation is being taken care of properly.

Monitoring / MCC is going on – 3508

[CPI(M)-783 / AITC- 2306 / INC- 230 / BJP- 189]        Removed- 3308

3)    Major MCC violation – FIR- 9 nos (wall writing)

FIR against    CS                  

TMC-              4                      2

CPIM-             3                      1

BJP-                1                      0

SUCI-              1                      1

                                          9                      4

5 nos. under process.

4)    Political complaint :            81 [MCC-32 / E. Roll-27 /Political clash- 20/ 

Against employee-2]  Pending- 11.

5)    U/S 107- Total -1985.

Ø    Equitable distribution of space taken up with municipal body.

Ø    Every polling station will have two earn people irrespective of criticality or be it CAPF or state police.

THREE MAJOR CONCERN :-

Ø    Half of state force is moving. So, early arrival of CAPF will facilitate us for area domination.

Ø    Drinking water – Repair is okey. [102 Polling booth without water]

Ø    Motor bike vahinis- Blanket ban (difficult to implement)

VULNERABILITY MAPPING :-

Ø    No. of intimidator ≤ No. of intimidated people.

Ø    Collect the vulnerable hamlet & intimated voters list – micro level.

Ø    Redo the vulnerability re-exercise within 7 days – submit a report to CEO.