Nov 18, 2024 04:53 PM IST
A number of dry days shall be noticed in Mumbai and different cities of Maharashtra this month in view of the state meeting elections. The Election Fee of India (EC) has mandated these dry days to make sure orderly voting.
Dry days check with these days when alcohol gross sales are banned in a area, which often occurs on key nationwide, spiritual, or cultural occasions in addition to elections to make sure peaceable conduct of the identical.
In accordance with the Election Fee of India, Maharashtra will observe dry days on:
November 18: From 6 pm
November 19: Whole ban
November 20: Until 6 pm
November 23: Alcohol gross sales banned until 6 pm
Maharashtra Meeting elections
Voting for the Maharashtra meeting elections shall be held in a single section on November 20, with all 288 constituencies polling on the identical day.
Together with Maharashtra, meeting elections are additionally occurring in Jharkhand, the place voting is going down in two phases – November 13 and November 20.
Counting of votes for each Maharashtra and Jharkhand will happen on the identical day – November 23.
In the meantime, in a bid to get as many individuals as potential to return out and vote, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) has declared November 20 as a vacation for all companies and places of work underneath its jurisdiction.
The BMC has directed places of work to not deduct pay or slap penalties on their workers who for taking the time without work to vote.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had final month voiced his apprehension concerning the low voter turnout in a number of city constituencies of Maharashtra, together with Colaba, Pune, and Thane, throughout a press convention.
The Election Fee acknowledged the presence of “city apathy” within the Mumbai Metropolitan Area (MMR) and pledged to take all needed measures to counter this pattern.
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