Kanpur Bar elections concluded peacefully: 3826 advocates exercised their vote, counting of votes will be held on Wednesday amid tight security

The Kanpur Bar Association's voting ended peacefully on Tuesday. 3826 advocates exercised their vote. The fate of 83 candidates has been sealed in the ballot box for the 21 positions in the election. The counting of votes will be held on Wednesday under tight security arrangements.

Advocates brought by e-rickshaw

About 1 km from the court. A polling place has been set up at DAV College, far away. E-rickshaws have been installed by the candidates to bring the advocates to the polling places. Police patrolled continuously and did not allow anyone to stop except the candidates outside the polling place.

peaceful voting

In December last, one person was shot dead after uproar and ruckus during elections. Thereafter the bar elections were postponed. Voting that began on Tuesday is being very strict. Slogan-raising and poster-making have been banned within 200 meters of the polling place. Three gates have been made to reach the polling place. Where admission is being given only after checking the ID of the advocates.

2 km. red zone declared

In the election of the Kanpur Bar Association, the security circle will be very strong this time. The area from DAV Tiraha to Green Park intersection has been declared a Red Zone. 2 km. The police have installed cameras at various places to keep an eye on every movement in the area. If any advocate is found creating a ruckus, then the police will be able to take action by registering an FIR directly. Voting and counting will be done under the eyes of cameras from gate to booth.

No sloganeering and propaganda

There will be no campaigning or sloganeering within 200 meters of the counting site. Only voters will be able to get admission inside DAV College for voting. A total of 14 booths will be made inside the college. About 5733 advocates will exercise their voting rights. Let us tell you that on December 17, 2021, the Elders Committee canceled the voting due to rigging, fake voting, and uproar in the Bar Association elections. During the election itself, one person was shot dead.

have to cross 3 gates

Dharamvir Singh Gaur, chairman of the Elders Committee, said that on the first barricading, along with the former presidents of the Kanpur Bar Association, the Assistant Election Officer will check the voters. The voter's COP card (original copy), and voter slip containing QR code will be seen. A hard copy of the QR code will be required for voting. After the first gate, ARO checking will be done at the second and third gates.

So many candidates for these posts

There are five candidates for the presidency. Among them Ramendra Singh Katiyar, Naresh Chandra Tripathi, Ram Singh Gaur, Pramod Kumar Dwivedi, and Avinash Chandra Bajpai are contenders.

There are 9 candidates in the fray for the post of General Secretary. These embody Ramji Dubey, Devendra Kumar Sharma, Ram Niwas Singh, Pawan Kumar Tiwari, Anurag Srivastava Shashank Singh Katiyar, Prashant Kumar Bajpai, Aditya Kumar Singh Abdul Anish Shah.

There are 10 candidates for the post of Senior Vice President. These include Vishwanath Gupta, Kamal Kishore Pandey, Vijay Shankar Rawat, Ashwini Kumar Anand, Anoop Shukla, Anil Kumar Shukla, Sanjeev Kumar Dubey, Kuldeep Kumar Saxena, Deepak Sharma, and Dheeraj Tripathi.

There are four candidates for the post of vice-president, six for the post of minister, eight for the post of treasurer, and five for the post of joint ministerial administration.