TIMES CITY | MY CITY MY VOTE 3THE TIMES OF INDIA, BANGALORE

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010

TEAM TOI

The State Election Commissioner has a dif-ferent kind of complaint to handle. The re-turning officer of Sarvajnanagar C Kav-

erappa lodged a complaint against an Army offi-cer, who threatened him and other poll officers.

The complaint was signed by the other pollingofficers, Lakshman, Parimalan, Madhu Rani andMadan Gopal. Trouble seems to have begun whenArmy officer K V Prasad entered the polling station,saying his name was on the voters’ list. When Kav-erappa answered in Kannada, Prasad abused himfor answering in Kannada. According to the com-plaint, Prasad also threatened to shoot him down.

The polling officers requested the election com-missioner to initiate action against Prasad andprovide them protection.

MONEY CONFISCATED

Police resorted to a lathicharge at Kottigepalyaand Ejipura, when members of the Congress andJD(S) crossed the 100-metre limit. In RT Nagar, JD(S)members confiscated Rs 88,000 and ink removerfrom a relative of transport minister R Ashoka. Hewas handed over to the police, but no case was reg-istered. In another incident, a complaint was filedby a JD(S) worker that two relatives of Ashoka hadassaulted him. Case is yet to be filed.

PETTY INCIDENTS

MAR POLL PEACETEAM TOI

Barring stray clashes be-tween party support-ers and a statue being

displaced, the BBMP electionpassed off peacefully.

In the morning, a statueof Dr B R Ambedkar at Nan-jappa Circle in Akki Thim-manahalli was found dis-placed from the platform. Po-lice also resorted to a mildlathicharge in places like Kot-tigepalya and Ejipura. Sixpersons were arrested for try-ing to impersonate and castfake votes at RT Nagar.

Police commissionerShankar Bidari said five cas-es have been registered andsix persons arrested. In RT Na-gar, six persons tried to castproxy votes and were caught.In two cases registered atViveknagar and Wilson Gar-den, life-threat cases wereregistered. In Wilson Garden,five persons threatenedHanumanthaiah, while fiveothers threatened Rajash-ekharaiah with dire conse-quences, while distributing

the election slips, Bidari said.In Viveknagar, Congress

candidate was allegedly man-handled by JD(S) workerswhen she was moving aroundthe polling station. A com-plaint was registered againstMukunda, K Kumar, K Man-ju and Arun, Bidari said.

STATUE DISPLACED

Shanthinagar witnessed

some tense moments when astatue of Dr B R Ambedkarwas found displaced from theplatform. The incident cameto light at 9 am. Soon, a mobof over 200 gathered near thestatue and staged a road-block. Senior police officersand BBMP commissionerBharat Lal Meena rushed tothe spot and pacified the ag-itating members.

POLLING BOOTH OFFICERS SWEAT IT OUTTEAM TOI

No toilets, no food, lots of mos-quitoes. We’re on 24-hour dutyand have to stay overnight at

the polling station. The bathroom inthis school is blocked and unusable.It’s unsafe for women... Polling officershad a tough time in the line of duty.

“The government may pay us lat-er but without proper food, water andsanitation facility, it is very demoti-vating,” said an officer at K R Puram.

With polling booths in governmentschools, the plight of students was ev-ident to the public. At Horamavu gov-ernment school, the flooring was dugup. Most schools had no bathrooms,with bad lighting and ventilation.

The worst affected were the policeand Home Guards. At Thanisandra,around 25 police personnel were sta-tioned at the polling booth. “It’s beenthree days of election duty. We haven’tbeen able to sleep well due to the mos-quito menace. We haven’t been given

money for food,’’ said a polling officialhere. “I’m from Mandya and been post-ed for election duty here. I thought elec-tions in Bangalore would be organized,but that’s not the case,’’ he added.

UNABLE TO VOTE

Most government staff on electionduty don’t vote. “We have a provisionof postal ballot, but with school exams,closing of financial year and electioncoming up together, we had no time toopt for postal ballot,” said a staffer.

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