Chief Election Commissioner, Rajeev Kumar on Friday held a review meeting through VC with the General, Police and Expenditure Observers appointed for the Lok Sabha Elections-2024 from Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi. Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were also present in the meeting.

In the meeting, Chief Election Commissioner Kumar obtained feedback by directly discussing with the central observers appointed to conduct smooth elections in various states and union territories. Kumar asked the observers to speed up the voter awareness campaign to increase the voting percentage in their respective parliamentary constituencies. The effort should be that on the day of voting, voters must come out of their homes and vote. No eligible citizen should be deprived of voting.

Kumar said that all the observers should get all the preparations completed under their supervision for smooth voting. There can be severe heat at the time of voting, hence shade, cold water, medicines, ORS packets etc. must be available in all the polling stations. Voters should not face any kind of inconvenience when coming to the polling station to vote.

Make advance preparations for voting in all constituencies and ensure equal opportunities for all candidates and political parties. Stay alert and vigilant during the entire election process by remaining physically available within the parliamentary constituency.  Make wide publication of mobile/landline/email/residence details and movement among candidates and political parties, making them available to the general public/candidates and political parties on the given numbers/addresses on a daily basis.

The Chief Election Commissioner has directed to ensure that Central forces/State Police forces are used judiciously and neutrality is maintained.