Section 144 imposed in Vizianagaram; no agitations or victory rallies on June 4

Vizianagaram district imposes Section 144 on counting day to prevent incidents, strict actions against violators.

Vizianagaram district administration has imposed Section 144 to prevent any untoward incident on June 4, the counting day.

Vizianagaram Collector S. Nagalakshmi and SP M. Deepika reviewed the counting arrangements and said that the government would take stern action on persons who would violate Section 144 which would be strictly implemented in all places of the district.

According to them, the political parties are not supposed to conduct protests and victory rallies on the counting day or light crackers anywhere. Liquor shops were also warned not to sell liquor on June 4. They also said that no one should carry sticks, weapons and harmful materials with with them.

The officials anticipate tension in several places as the margins between winners and losers might be very thin this time.

Counting postal ballots posed a major challenge for the officials as parties blamed one another during their shifting from MRO office to the Collector’s office in Vizianagaram recently. Meanwhile, all the counting officials and staff were directed to be present for duties from at 6 a.m.

The counting will begin at 8 a.m. at Lendi College and JNTU-GV University.