TMC, BJP, BJD To Ship Brokers For Coaching To Higher Perceive Polling, Amid Allegations Towards EC – News18
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The TMC, BJP and BJD have agreed to appoint sales space stage, polling, counting and election brokers to lift consciousness on electoral legal guidelines and processes
Representatives of the TMC, BJP, and BJD met the EC in Delhi on March 11. (Picture: PTI/File)
Amid allegations in opposition to the Election Fee of India, in order to extend consciousness on electoral legal guidelines and processes, three political events – TMC, BJP and BJD – have agreed to appoint sales space stage, polling, counting and election brokers for coaching programmes by the ballot physique.
In line with sources, on Tuesday (March 11), representatives of the TMC, BJP, and BJD met the Election Fee in Delhi. On the problems raised by the three events, the ballot physique harassed on participation from every stakeholder.
“With a view to enhance consciousness of the electoral legal guidelines, sturdy and clear electoral processes, the BJD, BJP, and TMC agreed to appoint their sales space stage brokers, polling brokers, counting brokers and election brokers for the ECI’s coaching programmes,” sources informed News18.
It must be famous that the chief electoral officers (CEO) are incharge of polling at state stage; district election officers (DEO) at district and electoral registration officers (ERO) at meeting stage.
Over the previous a number of days, the EC has harassed that the events ought to “decentralise engagement”, and that CEOs, DEOs and EROs ought to commonly maintain conferences with the events to resolve points throughout the statutory framework. The ballot physique additional requested officers to be approachable and attentive to the events.
PARTIES RAISED POLL ISSUES
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) held a gathering over the problem of duplicate voter ID numbers. It alleged that Aadhaar playing cards had been being cloned, and this will result in the potential of them getting used for faux voter registration.
The ruling occasion in West Bengal demanded that the EC ought to concern a separate checklist of voter deletions, new additions and modifications with each new revised electoral roll.
The West Bengal BJP unit additionally met the ballot physique, demanding an audit and stated the voter rolls within the state must be revised. The occasion alleged that greater than 13 lakh duplicate voters have been added to the voter checklist below the TMC regime.
The BJD submitted a memorandum on variances within the votes forged within the 2024 Lok Sabha and meeting elections in Odisha.
The EC, in response to the assembly with the TMC, stated all considerations – duplicate EPIC numbers; duplicate, shifted and lifeless voters; and unlawful migrants – might be resolved by every sales space stage officer and anxious electoral registration officer with lively participation of sales space stage brokers appointed by all political events.
For the BJP, the EC stated that updating the electoral roll is a participative course of with all events, together with established mechanisms of attraction below Part 24 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1950.
“The Fee…knowledgeable them that solely residents of India who’re above 18 years of age could be registered as electors within the polling cubicles the place they’re abnormal residents,” the EC stated in a put up on X.
For the BJD concern, too, the ballot physique stated it was additionally informed that as per the Conduct of Election Guidelines, 1961, the report of votes polled in all cubicles is already given to the polling brokers of all candidates as per Type 17C. It harassed that “political events are vital stakeholders who’re concerned at each stage of the electoral course of”.
