Cuddalore Periyar Arts College told to change function venue

CUDDALORE: 

        A vehicle carrying the paraphernalia for a college function, said to be a farewell party, was turned back by security personnel and booth agents of political parties at Periyar Government Arts College here on Tuesday.

         The college is serving as a storing point for electronic voting machines collected from the Assembly constituencies such as Cuddalore, Panruti, Neyveli and Kurinjipadi, as well as the counting centre. However, college authorities, unaware of the election rules, were about to hold a function already scheduled on the college premises. When the articles were about to be unloaded from the vehicle, the agents of political parties already stationed there objected to it.

         All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadres, including the candidate for the Cuddalore constituency, M.C.Sampath, went to the centre and asked how could the vehicle enter the premises of the counting centre, despite heavy security posted there. When it was brought to the notice of Collector P. Seetharaman, who is also the District Electoral Officer, he denied permission for the function and directed the college authorities to look for alternative venue. Accordingly, the college authorities put off the event and agreed to shift the venue.

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