Jharkhand LS polls: Idli, postal ballot and ‘sattu’ keep counting of votes a joyful affair in Daltonganj
THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK Daltonganj, June 5: The Palamu administration discarded the traditional refreshment of ‘poori-sabzi’ for its 1000 counting personnel…
Returning officer cum deputy commissioner of Palamu Shashi Ranjan in conversation with the SDPO Bishrampur Rakesh Kumar IPS on the dry run preceding the counting day at the GLA college ground
THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, June 5: The Palamu administration discarded the traditional refreshment of ‘poori-sabzi’ for its 1000 counting personnel on June 4 when votes were counted.
It knew the heat and humidity would affect the ‘poori-sabzi’ which would be invariably cooked night long to be served in the morning of June 4.
It brought in Idli and its accompanying items along with fruits and sweets. It soothed the throat and the stomach both.
Returning officer cum deputy commissioner Shashi Ranjan knew HR (human resource) management requires the culinary tastes of the personnel to be taken care of before the start of the huge task of counting. He got it done although Idli came late to the table but when it was served it was liked by all.
Lunch was sumptuous. It had rice and paneer with pickles. All had stomach full of it.
Home drinks replace tea
Following heat, home drinks, ‘sattu’ and ‘chanchh’, replaced tea and there was no binding as to how many glasses one gulps down. Drink as much as you can ask the administration. It was the best way to stop any threat of dehydration.
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The mood was set for smooth counting. And it went on without any whimper of protest. No polling agent ever stood on his legs to complain.
The other refreshing thing was the highest-ever count on the postal ballots. It was 18,000 plus, said the nodal officer of the Karmik Koshaang Kundan Kumar.
Never in the past, there had been such a glorious number of postal ballots as it was in this election.
Flawless counting of postal ballots
Credit goes to its nodal officer and SDO Sadar Anurag Kumar Tiwary and his team for having such flawless postal balloting.
Everybody thinks that once the counting ends, all is over. This is not. There remains a night-long secret sealing of the vital statutory packets of each of the booths besides the well and proper resting of the EVMs in the warehouse.
Words of praise come for the way master trainers trained the personnel first for the polling and then for the counting. The counting teams looked confident and were neutral to the end.
None fell sick. No mishap occurred unlike the 1995 assembly election counting here at the Bairya More Bazaar Samiti when right through the counting there slithered down a 5-foot-long cobra.
The cobra was more frightened than the personnel as it raised its hood and got into one of the many holes there in the Bazar Samiti.
Residents also vouched that counting was most fair and transparent. It was brisk too.
