Civic body elections remain peaceful in northern Haryana region

YAMUNANAGAR: The civil body elections remained peaceful in northern Haryana districts including Ambala, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar, where a high voter turnout was recorded on Sunday.
In Ambala, for the elections of Naraingarh Municipal Council, 68.6% voter turnout was recorded at 30 polling booths as out of total 18,217 voters, 12,494 exercised their voting right.

In Kurukshetra, there were elections for four Municipal Councils i.e. Ismailabad, Shahabad, Pehowa and Ladwa. Overall, Kurukshetra district recorded 71.5% turnout at 110 polling booths as of 93,049 voters, 66,522 did vote.
Ismailabad recorded 76.6% voter turnout at 13 polling booths as out of 10,460 voters, 8,009 did vote.

At 37 polling booths, Shahabad recorded 72.8% voter turnout as of 31,453 voters, 22,897 did vote. At Ward No. 9 in Shahabad some heated arguments were exchanged between JJP’s Shahabad MLA Ram Karan Kala and BJP leader Krishan Bedi, who is political secretary to Haryana CM.
Bedi’s son is a candidate contesting election at this ward in Shahabad. The issue was related to a female voter mistakenly coming to cast vote at a booth of Ward No. 9, while she belonged to another booth. Allegations of bogus vote were leveled but later after intervention of administration, the papers of the woman voter were found correct and the issue was resolved.
In Pehowa, 34 polling booths recorded 68.9% turnout as of 29,549 voters, 20363 did vote. In Ladwa, 26 polling booths recorded 70.7% turnout as of 21,587 voters, 15253 did vote.
In Yamunanagar, for Sadhaura MC, 78.2% turnout was recorded as of 10,513 voters, 8,218 did vote.
The voters demanded that the government and elected civic bodies should improve the sanitation condition of their towns besides drinking water, roads, drainage system, streets, lights, healthcare and education.
Kurukshetra deputy commissioner Mukul Kumar and SP Anshu Singla inspected several polling booths and the arrangements made for the voters.
Kurukshetra DC Mukul said the elections were concluded peacefully and no untoward incident was reported.
Naraingarh returning officer SDM Saloni Sharma said the election remained peaceful and all the polling parties deposited the EVMs and election material at Government College.
Returning officer for Sadhaura MC election, Bilaspur sub-division magistrate Jaspal Singh Gill said the entire process remained peaceful and people seemed aware of voting. He said counting will be done at DAV School in Sadhaura on June 22.
The voters came with enthusiasm to vote and long queues were seen at voting booths. The seat of Chairman at Sadhaura MC is reserved for woman, therefore, women were seen voting in good numbers. A total of seven candidates are in the field of Sadhaura MC Chairman, of which, three are independent while four are from different parties. A total of 42 candidates are in the field for 13 seats of Sadhaura MC members.
A Sadhaura voter Parkash Kaur said, “We will have to pay different taxes after coming under municipal council but it is also good that the sanitation condition of colonies and roads will improve.”
Yamunanagar superintendent of police (SP) Mohit Handa also visited Sadhaura and inspected the ongoing voting process at several polling booths.
“A total of 11 police nakas were placed and 300 policemen were deputed in Sadhaura. Every outsider was watched carefully and DSP Bilaspur Ashish Chaudhary was deputed as nodal officer.”
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