Deputy Election Commissioner of India Vinod Zutshi has directed all district election officers and 230 returning officers to have knowledge about all aspects of nomination process. Possible errors can be avoided only if officers have minute information about the process.
Zutshi was seeking information about election preparations from officers posted in district through video-conference from Chief Electoral Office here on Saturday. Chief Electoral Officer Jaideep Govind was also present on the occasion.
later, talking to media persons, Zutshi said the Commission is at present concentrating on vulnerable mapping under which intimidation of voters are being taken care of. To a query, he told that all the officers who have been transferred on the criterion of completing three years at a place and posted in his home district, would have to go.
To several queries, he declined to comment stating that he was only to prepare for elections. Earlier, to the officials, Zutshi apprised the officers about such special points regarding nomination process due to which errors occur mostly. He said that most of the preparations in districts have been completed after review by the Election Commission. There were some shortcomings in a few districts which have been overcome during last review meeting of the commission. Zutshi also directed officers regarding process of postal ballots, 49-O and EVMs’s safety. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Bl Kantarao, Joint Chief Electoral Officer SS Bansal and other officers also attended the meeting.
later, Jaideep Govind told media persons that Election Commission has found that Rajgarh being his home district, IG Bhopal in whose jurisdiction Rajgarh also comes, he is in the transfer criterion.