Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that the complaint was filed suo moto ' by the district administration. The director of NITK has also been asked to hand over an explanation in this regard. Political parties have been directed to inform the district administration about the schedule of programmes/events attended by star campaigners prior to their visit in the district, he said.
Hourly tally of votes to be displayed
For the first time on the day of polling, hourly tally of votes will be displayed on a board in each of 1766 polling stations in the district. This is a new rule incorporated by the district administration in Dakshina Kannada, he said.
He said that all the polling stations would have basic facilities such as drinking water, toilets, and electricity for polling agents, staff and voters and a ramp for the physically disabled.
Rahul Gandhi rally expenditure added to Poojary 's campaigning expenses
On the occasion, the expenditure observer informed that the total expenditure incurred by Congress party during star campaigner Rahul Gandhi 's rally in Mangalore was Rs 6.98 lakhs, and the amount would be included under the local Congress candidate B Janardhan Poojary 's expenditure, since the political dignitaries on the stage had appealed for votes from the audience in the name of the candidate. There were 12 VIP seats during the rally and 10,000 plastic chairs for party members and audience, he said.
Webcasting on polling day
On the polling day, webcasting will be facilitated in 367 polling stations in the district on an experimental basis. Focus will be more in naxal-affected regions. Close to 448 students from 17 engineering colleges, including NITK, will participate to facilitate webcasting, informed the DEO.
Leaflets to be circulated all over DK
Mr Ibrahim also said that leaflets in Kannada and English appealing to voters to exercise their franchise would be circulated by BLOs in over 5 lakh homes in the district to increase voter participation.
He said that the political parties had been advised to engage in constructive campaigning instead of negative campaigning and targeting opponents with the intention of trying to create confusion among voters.
Like in the previous polls, candidates will have the opportunity of setting up candidate booths 100 metres away from the polling station, he added.
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