MCD Polls: Voters to have their left ring finger inked

The voters will have their left ring finger inked after exercising their franchise in the Delhi municipal polls on April 23, said the State Election Commission. The move has been necessitated in the event of back-to- back Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) polls and Rajouri Garden Assembly by-elections in the city. The Commission had earlier issued directions to returning officers of Ward 5S to Ward 8S falling in Rajouri Garden Assembly Constituency to put an indelible mark to the voters' "left middle finger" during the MCD polls. "However, the Election Commission approved putting an indelible mark on the left middle finger of the electors of Rajouri Garden for the bye-election held on April 9," the State Election Commission said. "It is hereby ordered that the indelible mark is made on the left ring finger of electors in all the three municipal corporations of Delhi during the MCD elections to be held on April 23," it said in a recent order. The DSGMC polls were held on February 26 and results were announced on March 1. The Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) had won the election, bagging 35 out of 46 wards.