Deputy Commissioner and District Electoral Officer Nitesh Patil has asked all officers to take steps to ensure free and fair general elections.
At a meeting of officers after the announcement by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Deputy Commissioner instructed Assistant Returning Officers and nodal officers to strictly enforce the Model Code of Conduct and other rules and regulations of the ECI.
All kinds of election-related advertisements should be cleared immediately as per norms regarding advertisements of the government, political parties, candidates and others, he said.
