Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar today said that in compliance with the guidelines of the Election Commission of India, meetings are to be held with recognised political parties on election related issues. He directed the District Election Officer and ERO of all the districts to hold timely meetings with recognized political parties at their level. Kumar was holding a meeting with the District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner and election related officials of all the districts through video conferencing from Nirvachan Sadan.
Kumar said that in the meeting of the Election Commission of India with the Chief Election Officers of all the states held in New Delhi, it has been said to specifically hold meetings with political parties on election related issues and collect reports. He said that all EROs should hold meetings with political parties at their level by March 17 and submit its report by March 19, while all District Election Officers should hold meetings by March 22 and ensure to submit its report to the Chief Electoral Officer's office by March 25.
Kumar said that after compiling all these reports in the Chief Electoral Officer's office, a meeting will be held at the state level with recognized political parties and after combining all the reports, the final report will be sent to the Election Commission of India.
On this occasion, Joint Chief Electoral Officer Subodh Kumar, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer Dev Das Dutta, ERO Garhwa Sanjay Kumar, Junior Electoral Officer Sunil Kumar along with District Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, ERO, Deputy Electoral Officer and election related officers of all the districts were present through video conference.