Nalgonda: The Nalgonda District Collector and Warangal-Nalgonda-Khamma Graduates constituency MLC elections Returning Officer P Sathyanar...
Nalgonda: The Nalgonda District Collector and Warangal-Nalgonda-Khamma Graduates constituency MLC elections Returning Officer P Sathyanarayana Reddy on Saturday exhorted the officials on election duty to discharge their duties with dedication. Speaking at a training programme, organised for presiding officers from Warangal, Nalgonda and Khammam districts, at the Collectorate here, the Returning Officer said the employees, the Collector said those drafted for election duty should discharge their responsibilities.
He said that the role being played by the presiding officer was crucial. They were entrusted with responsibilities right from taking ballot boxes from strongroom to depositing them back in the strongroom after polling was closed. He directed the presiding officers and staff at polling station to strictly adhere to rules and guidelines of Election Commission.
Nalgonda District Collector P Satyanarayana Reddy speaking at a training programme of presiding officers of Warangal-Nalgonda-Khammam Graduates Constituency, in Nalgonda on Saturday
The presiding officers should collect the elections material at distribution centres to be set up at divisioncentres on March 21. Recalling that 4,000 of total 53,000 votes polled in the last elections became invalid, the Collector asked the presiding officers to educate voters to stamp the ballot paper with violet colour. The Additional Joint Collector Venkat Rao, District Revenue Officer Ravi Naiak and other officials also attended the programme.
