Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand, K Ravi Kumar has said that the Election Commission of India is training election related officials of all the states of the country in India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) in New Delhi. In this sequence, a team of 312 members of BLO, volunteer and Booth Awareness Group (BAG) of Jharkhand will go to IIIDEM in New Delhi for two days on 19th and 20th May to share their experience. For this, the Deputy Election Officers of all the concerned districts should select the BLOs, volunteers and BAG members of their district and make their list available by Monday so that further action can be taken.
Kumar was holding a meeting with the Deputy Election Officers of all the districts through online medium at the Election House on Saturday. He said that during the visit of Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar to Jharkhand, he met the volunteers of Ramgarh and BLOs of Ranchi Dasham Fall. During this, the Chief Election Commissioner was very impressed with the experience shared with him. On the initiative of the Chief Election Commissioner, for the first time, BLOs, volunteers and members of Booth Awareness Group (BAG) of Jharkhand will share their work and experiences of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections 2024 in front of other states of the country.
In the meeting, CEO, Jharkhand K Ravi Kumar said that the stakeholders associated with the voting of the state of Jharkhand have got this opportunity. The Deputy Election Officers of all the concerned districts should select the BLOs, volunteers and members of the Booth Awareness Group (BAG) of their districts and ensure their transportation.
On this occasion, Deputy Chief Election Officer cum Deputy Secretary Dev Das Dutta along with the Deputy Election Officers of all the districts were present through online medium.