MHA alerts States/UTs about possibility of violence during counting of votes

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New Delhi : Ministry of Home Affairs on May 22, 2019, alerted the State Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police regarding possibility of eruption of violence in different parts of the country in connection with the counting of votes on May 23, 2019.

The MHA has asked the States and UTs  to  maintain  law  & order, peace  and  public tranquility. The States/ UTs have been further asked to take adequate measures for the security of strongrooms and venues  of counting of votes. This is in the wake of calls given and statements made  in various quarters for inciting violence and causing disruption on the day of counting of votes, according to a PIB release.