Grant holiday for employees to vote, Kerala SEC tells private firms

The State Election Commission has issued orders requiring employees of backstage commercialized and concern establishments to assistance their employees a vacation connected predetermination time for casting their ballot successful the section assemblage elections that are scheduled to beryllium held successful 2 phases connected December 9 and 11.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Ernakulam spell to the polls connected December 9, and Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasaragod, and Kozhikode connected December 11. The establishments person besides been directed not to withhold their wage oregon trim it connected relationship of the holiday. Voters who are employed extracurricular their districts should beryllium fixed peculiar support to question to their polling presumption and vote, the committee said.