EC to Promptly Address Complaints of Political Parties
CEC Gyanesh Kumar holds conference with DEO & ERO (Image credit X.com)
EC Trashes TMC Charges of Voters’ Manipulations in West Bengal
By Amit Kumar
New Delhi, March 4: The Election Commission will examine complaints of political parties with promptness. The EC made it clear that it will respond without loss of time on a day when the Trinamool Congress unleashed allegations of voters’ manipulations in West Bengal.
In the wake of the recent Assembly elections, many political parties have made allegations of manipulation of voters’ lists. Opposition parties complained of irregularities in voters’ list in Maharashtra and Delhi Assembly elections.
The TMC also came out with a strong set of allegations with claims of names of outsiders being added in the electoral roll in West Bengal. The Election Commission has made it clear that such complaints are made for political reasons.
But the EC has decided to take effective steps to look into such complaints. On Tuesday, the ECI organized a two-day conference of Chief Executive Officers of all states and Union Territories.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi discussed several topics with the Chief Electoral Officers of the states and emphasized on adopting the path of improving election management in the country within the established legal framework.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked all the officers including Chief Electoral Officers, DEOs, EROs, BLOs to work in a transparent manner and fulfil all constitutional obligations with full dedication. He also instructed the officials to work according to the Representation of People Act 1950 and 1951, Voter Registration Rules 1960, Election Conduct Rules 1961 and instructions issued by ECI from time to time.
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Addressing the meeting, the Chief Election Commissioner directed the election officers to file action report on the complaints of all political parties by March 31. He directed the election officers to work according to the rules and be alert and vigilant towards the complaints of political parties and also asked to hold regular meetings with all the parties at constitutional levels and resolve every complaint.
He said that the officers should ensure that all citizens of India who are above 18 years of age should be registered as voters under Article 325 and Article 326 of the Constitution. All BLOs should be trained to behave politely with the voters, he said.
In this conference, the officers were instructed to try to ensure the presence of 800-1200 voters in each polling station. “Voting centers with proper minimum facilities should be set up to facilitate voting in rural areas,” he said. The Election Commission has identified 28 different stakeholders in the entire election process after a comprehensive study of the constitutional framework and legal provisions, including CEO, DEO, ERO, political parties, candidates, polling agents, etc. The conference aims to strengthen the capacity building of each of the 28 stakeholders.
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