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At a time when Opposition parties have alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday asked all state Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs), District Election Officers (DEOs) and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to meet political parties regularly to resolve their issues.
Kumar, addressing the first CEOs’ conference since assuming office last month, asked all officials to work in a transparent manner and as per the existing framework of the Representation of the People, Act, 1950 & 1951, the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 and the Election Commission’s instructions.
He asked the CEOs to submit an action-taken report by March 31. The CEC also said that Booth Level Officers (BLOs) should be trained to behave courteously with electors, while also making sure that no electoral officers are “intimidated by anyone using false claims.”
Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi also interacted with officials on the first day of the two-day conference. In a first, one DEO and ERO from each state and Union territory is participating in the CEOs’ conference being held in Delhi, the EC statement said.
The CEC’s comments come at a time when the Trinamool Congress alleged last week that the BJP was colluding with the EC and adding fake voters to the rolls in West Bengal ahead of next year’s Assembly elections.
Earlier, the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had raised allegations of irregularities in the electoral rolls in Maharashtra. The Aam Aadmi Party, too, had complained to the poll panel about changes in the electoral rolls in Delhi.
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