Raphael Warjri

Grassroot level meetings with Political Parties at ERO, DEO, CEO levels

underway

Active participation of political parties in these meetings
4,123 EROs across the country are holding all-party meetings to resolve
any pending polling booth level issues in their respective Assembly
Constituencies (ACs). Similarly, all 788 District Election Officers (DEOs) and
36 CEOs of all 28 States and 8 UTs at the State/UT levels have also been
directed to hold such meetings to resolve any pending issues at the district
and State/UT levels respectively, within the legal framework of the RP Act
1950 & 1951, Registration of Elector Rules 1960, Conduct of Election Rules
1961 and the manuals, guidelines and instructions issued by ECI from time
to time. These meetings have already started with the active participation of
national/state level political parties. All such meetings are to be completed in
the entire country in each AC, district and State/UT by the 31st of March,
2025.
This is in line with the directions of the Commission led by CEC
Gyanesh Kumar along with ECs Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek
Joshi during the conference of CEOs of all States/UTs and one DEO and ERO
from each state on the 4th of March, 2025 at IIIDEM, New Delhi.
Political parties and their authorised representatives such as Booth
Level Agents (BLAs), Polling Agents, Counting Agents and Election Agents
have specific roles to play in various electoral processes including the conduct
of elections.
This grassroots-level engagement has been welcomed by political
parties, with their active and enthusiastic participation in meetings across
assembly constituencies, districts, and states/UTs. The Commission appeals
to all the national/state political parties to avail this proactive grassroot level
engagement with electoral authorities for resolving any pending issue in a
time-bound manner.
Photos of the nationwide political party meetings can be viewed at ECI’s
official social media handle:
https://x.com/ECISVEEP?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%
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