New Delhi: The filing of nominations in the first phase of General Elections began this morning after the Election Commission of India issued a Gazette notification for Phase 1.
Total 102 Parliamentary Constituencies in 21 States and Union Territories will go to polls in this phase on April 19, 2024. The last date for nominations in Phase 1 for all 20 States/UTs other than Bihar is March 27, 2024; for Bihar, it is March 28, 2024.
The States/UTs included in Phase 1 are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
Meanwhile, the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), Delhi, has set up a 24X7 Control Room and toll-free telephone numbers in connection with the General Elections to Lok Sabha, 2024.
Details of the Control Room are as follows:
- Room No. 17, Ground Floor, C- Block, Civic Centre, New Delhi-110002
- Toll-Free Number: 1800112300
- Landline Numbers: 011-23232312/31/67/76 Toll-free Mob. Number: 9868168682
The vigil through the Control Room is intended to check suspicious movement and distribution of cash, bullion and other valuables within the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Control Room will be functional during the entire Model Code of Conduct period in Delhi, i.e., from the date of the announcement of the General Elections 2024, till the elections are over in Delhi.
The Income Tax Department urged the citizens to extend their help by sharing relevant information with the Directorate on the above-mentioned numbers, in respect of NCT of Delhi “in the spirit of free and fair elections”.
Residents can contact the Toll-Free Number, and callers to the Control Room need not disclose personal details, such as name or other identity details. What is vital is that the information received is credible and actionable and the identity of the informant shall be kept secret, the Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), Delhi, stated.
– global bihari bureau
