The Election Commission (EC) on Monday held a conference with the Chief Electoral Officers of all States/UTs to discuss and review various thematic issues related to electoral roll, polling stations, ongoing special summary revision, information technology applications, timely resolution of grievances, EVMs/VVPATs, training and capacity building of polling staff, media and communication and extensive voter outreach program amongst others.
Addressing CEOs of all states and union territories, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra stressed on the significance of effectiveness and visibility of CEOs, as CEOs represent the Commission in the States. He added that the CEOs should have regular interaction with political parties to redress their grievances, if any. Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar while interacting with the CEOs said that the legal and regulatory framework of the elections is quite robust, however the implementation of various instructions of the Commission at the field is very critical.