62 poll staff skirt training, get notices

Hyderabad: Sixty two polling personnel who did not turn up for training for conducting the Huzurabad bypolls have been issued show-cause notices by the Karimnagar district administration.
The training is being conducted to familiarise the staff on the procedures to be followed for conducting the polling, counting and adhering to the rules prescribed.Karimnagar collector and district election officer RV Karnan issued the show-cause notices.
The training programme was held for presiding officers and assistant presiding officers at at SRR Government Degree and PG College.
A Covid-19 vaccination centre was also opened on the premises so that all polling personnel will take the second dose of vaccination too.
Police observer Anupam Agarwal, expenditure observer Elamurugu, general observers Muthu Krishnan and Shankar Narayan, Karnan, additional collector Garima Agarwal and Karimnagar police commissioner V Satyanarayana visited the office of the returning officer on the last day of receiving nominations for the bypoll to be held on October 30. Some of those who had filed their nominations also interacted with the officials.
The government declared a public holiday on October 30 (Saturday) on the polling day in Huzurabad assembly constituency to enable the people to cast their vote.