Mysuru: To ensure free, fair and peaceful polling, the District Administration has issued orders prohibiting sale and storage of liquor during elections. Accordingly, hotels that serve liquor, bars, clubs, liquor shops (that serve and sell liquor) and pubs across the district will go dry for more than three days — from 6 pm on May 10 till midnight on May 12, the day of voting, and from the midnight of May 14 till midnight on the day of counting on May 15.
The dry days have been announced following the directives of Election Commission as it has been bestowed with powers under Section 135 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, read with Rule 69 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.
