A visit to Andhra Loyola College and Bishop Grassi High School in Gunadala on Wednesday saw State Election Commissioner N. It brought back childhood memories for Ramesh Kumar.
The SEC visited several polling stations set up to monitor and assess polling stations in schools and colleges in Vijayawada city. He passed away from depression after remembering his student days after entering the campus of Lostola College.
Moving down memory lane, he questioned the Principal Father. P. Kishore spoke about the wellbeing of the former principals of the institution, who he said were known to enhance discipline and ethics in students and groom them into well-rounded personalities.
Looking at the picture of the founder of the college on the wall, Mr. Ramesh Kumar, Krishna Collector A. M. Shared with Imtiaz and the official team, who shared with him some of the events of his student life back in college in 1960, and showed. The buildings that were also present in his student days.
In the sprawling campus of Bishop Grassi High School, Gunadala, the SEC commissioned collector and city police commissioner B.C. Told Srinivasulu with great enthusiasm how, as a school kid, he loved playing here with his friends.
He said climbing the Gunadala hill up to the point where the statue of Mary Mutt was a great thrill for him and his friends. Responding to a suggestion from the Collector and Commissioner on another visit to the place at a later date to relive nostalgia, Mr. Ramesh Kumar smiled saying that although his passion was intact, he had the ability to do so. There was a lack of physical strength.
‘Tender’ vote
At the polling station set up in the CVR school premises, Rama Rao, a voter, complained to the SEC that he had been living in the area for the past several years but his and his wife’s names were missing from the voter list.
At Loyola College, 70-year-old T. Premwati brought Mr. Ramesh Kumar’s notice on a similar issue.
The SEC implemented Section 49P of the Election Rules 1961, which states that if a genuine voter, who is able to answer the questions of the Presiding Officer about his identity, should be allowed to cast a ‘tender’ vote needed. Shri Ramesh Kumar directed the officials to allow them to select the votes which have been cast on the ballot papers and sealed them.
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