Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Additional District Electoral Officer Neeru Katyal Gupta said the National Election Quiz-2018, which is being organised by the Election Commission of India (ECI), can be useful to make people, especially youngsters, aware about elections and democratic system in the country. Katyal said such quiz have been very productive to tell people about the importance of being a voter. She said the National Elections Quiz is organised as part of ECI's initiative of Empowering Young and Future Electors. She said the first, second and third telecast of this quiz programme was already done on Rajya Sabha TV on January 25, February 4 and 11. The fifth, sixth and seventh episode would be telecast at 9 am on February 25 and March 4 and 11, respectively. She said the youths can watch the episodes on Rajya Sabha TV. She appealed to the youths to watch this quiz for enhancing their knowledge about elections and the democratic system of the country. TNS
SAD-BJP candidate's husband gets anticipatory bail
Additional Sessions Judge Virinder Aggarwal on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Balwinder Singh, whose wife was contesting as the SAD-BJP candidate from ward 17. The court has directed the police to give two days' notice, in case any FIR was registered against him or he was required to be arrested. The order shall remain operative till the end of MC elections scheduled for February 24. SAD leader Balwinder Singh has accused area MLA for pressurising the police to lodge an FIR against him. It was alleged that sensing the popularity of his wife Jasmeet Kaur, the ruling party leaders wanted to implicate him in a false case. The opponent candidate Jewan Asha Sharma's husband was District Congress Committee vice-president. They were hatching a conspiracy to put him behind bars to demoralise SAD-BJP candidate and their supporters. For this, they were using the influence of sitting Congress MLA to pressurise the police for implicating him in a false criminal case, claimed applicant in its bail plea. OC