ECI team holds review meeting with central agencies
For the upcoming general assembly election in Mizoram
IPR / Our Bureau
AIZAWL, May 26 2023: A team of Election Commission of India led by Dharmendra Sharma, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, held a review meeting on poll preparedness for the upcoming General Election to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2023 here in the capital Aizawl Friday. Various heads and nodal officers of the central government agencies were present at the meeting.
At the outset Dharmendra Dharma highlighted the mandates of ECI which aims to ensure free and fair election throughout the country. He also pointed out that checking money and muscle power and other unwanted activities which could interfere in the election process is the responsibility of the Central Government Agencies present in the state.
He urges the various Central Agencies to work together in a co-ordinated manner and to stand vigil at all times. He further appealed to them to take any perception of threat very seriously and to ensure level play field for all.
He asked them to provide at if any of the Central Agencies require extra personnel at the earliest to the ECI for the smooth functioning of the various election processes in the state. He also thanked the Central Government Agencies of the state in their utmost contribution for the good records of conducting free and fair elections in the past and urged them to do the same in the upcoming general election.
The various Central Government Agencies apprised the ECI officials regarding their current state of preparation for the upcoming general election. They informed the ECI officials that they are strictly following the rules and SOP as per the ECI mandates. The Central Government Agencies also pointed out that Mizoram has a good record of conducting free and fair election in the past and assures the ECI that this year election will also be a successful one.
Introducing the different dignitaries present in the meeting Madhup Vyas, Chief Electoral Officer gave the proposal for vote of thanks and concluded the programme. Dharmendra Sharma was accompanied by Nitesh Vyas (Senior DEC), Hirdesh Kumar (DEC), RK Gupta (DEC), Senior Principal Secretaries, Under Secretary and Director of the ECI.
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