Leh, Sept 19: The 6th General Election of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, (LAHDC), Leh will be held next month. In this regard, the first training was held for the Returning Officers (ROs) viz Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) who are to be deployed for duties, under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner/ Chief Election Officer, Leh Sachin Kumar Vaishya today at DC office conference hall.
A total of 65 ROs & AROs of Leh, Nyoma, Khaltsi, Durbuk and Kharu Tehsils attended the training programme.
Addressing the gathering, DC, Leh stated that due to the current COVID-19 situation across the country, the General election of LAHDC will be held in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) followed by SOP/guidelines laid by the MHA.
He further stressed upon the responsibility of every individual to uphold the credibility of the election commission of India with due respect to the Indian election process known across the world for its transparency. He also gave details about the Nomination process which commenced from 21st of September and also discussed the roles and responsibility of ROs and AROs during the election.
He further added that a person with disability (PWD) and a person whose age is more than 65 years also have optional services to take part in the election through Postal ballot. A person at quarantine, home isolation, facility isolation and the employees that are placed at Covid hospital and Facility Centre will also take part in the election with postal ballot. Later, DC said that self conduct of each polling staff would be important in completing the entire election process.
Later, DC Leh instructed all the deployed employees to reach their designated constituency as per the given time frame. He also instructed all the employees who are deployed for the duties to take the training seriously saying that even a small mistake of an individual can spoil the entire election process of the constituency.
Earlier, Nodal Officers for Manpower and Training, Dr. Stanzin Rabgais and Dr. Tundup Namgial gave detailed training regarding Nomination process, Roles and Responsibility of ROs and AROs through presentation and meticulously highlighted the duties of ROs and AROs.
