Shillong, Aug 10:  General Observer for south Tura assembly constituency, Benudhar Behera has advised representatives of different political parties to adhere to the guidelines of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in order to ensure smooth conduct of the bye- election slated for August 23.
The advice came during a meeting between Behara and Expenditure Observer, S K Narayana Reddy and representatives of political parties at DRDA Conference Hall, Tura.
The Expenditure Observer told the representatives of political parties to inform if there is any problem with regard to the expenditure statement of their respective candidates.
The District Election Officer, West Garo Hills Tura Ram Singh also advised them to follow the guidelines of MCC and also insisted them to attend whenever they are called for monitoring of their expenditures and submit their election expenditure statement when they are asked for. He He also sought the  cooperation of all for conducting free and fair election.
The Returning Officer to South Tura, S B Marak informed the representatives of political parties that the supplement which was printed after the changes made during continuous updation upto the last date of making nomination would be provided to the political parties.
She informed that as part of the SVEEP activities, different awareness programmes with regard to election are being organised by sector officers and also taking extra effort to make house to house visit of the differently abled voters in the constituency.
On law and order cell, Additional Deputy Commissioner, West Garo Hills, A M Sangma appealed to them to stay away from any kind of malpractices during the time of election and to continue  maintaining  the good reputation from the previous election.
The Superintendent of Police, Dr. Raghavendra Kumar also requested them to cooperate with the ongoing Naka checking and area domination being done in view of the upcoming bye-election.
