New Delhi: Delhi Police conducted patrolling at Daryaganj and Jama Masjid areas on Saturday ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on Sunday.
“We conducted foot patrolling to ensure that MCD elections are conducted in a free and fair manner tomorrow. There're over 200 polling premises and around 700 polling booths of which 54 are critically sensitive, in the Central zone,” news agency ANI quoted Shweta Chauhan, DCP, Central Delhi, as saying.
Meanwhile, all retail and wholesale markets will remain closed on Sunday in view of the elections.
“There was no official declaration regarding holiday on the day of the MCD election by the Election Commission. So, the vendors were having much confusion. Because, in the wholesale markets, Sunday happens to be the weekly off. But, the retail markets like Karol Bagh, Gandhi Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Kamla Nagar, South Extension, Shahdara, Laxmi Nagar, Rohini, Pitam Pura, etc are open on Sunday,” ANI quoted Chamber of Trade and Industries (CTI) chairman Brijesh Goyal as saying.
“CTI had conversation with the union leaders of the markets and we all mutually decided to keep all the wholesale and retail markets closed on December 4,” Goyal further said.
Meanwhile, keeping in mind the elections, the DMRC has decided to commence the metro services on the day of polling at 4 am and till 6 am, the trains will run at a gap of 30 minutes on all the lines.
The sale of liquor in the national capital will also be suspended on Sunday due to polls and December 7 will be observed as dry day.
The election of 250 Municipal Corporation of Delhi wards will be held on Sunday and the counting of votes will be done on December 7.