GOVT DECLARES HOLIDAY, ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS

CHANDIGARH:THE Punjab government has declared holiday on October 11 (Wednesday) in all offices, corporations/boards and all educational institutions in Gurdaspur district on account of Lok Sabha byelection.

Disclosing this here on Monday, an official spokesman said that those employees who are voters of Gurdaspur constituency but are employed in the other districts , would be given a special holiday on the polling day on producing the voter card to the competent authority. The holiday would be under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

Meanwhile, as the campaign for the bypoll came to an end on Monday, guidelines have been issued to police and civil administration to ensure no outsider remains here, deputy commissioner-cum-returning officer Gurloveleen Singh Sidhu said.

All political leaders, functionaries or party workers who are not the registered voters in the Gurdaspur parliamentary seat will have to vacate the constituency till the election, he further added.

As per the election commission guidelines, these directions would not be applicable on the contesting candidates or the state heads of the political parties but they would be allowed to move only between their state party office and their residence.

The election commission has also imposed a complete prohibition on broadcasting or propagating election-related material on TV, radio or newspapers.