Instructions Issued For Preparations In Poll-Bound States: Poll Body Chief
NDTV
Elections are scheduled to be held next year in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat and Manipur.
Ahead of Assembly polls scheduled to be held next year in seven states of the country, Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra on Friday said that the Commission has issued instructions for preparations in poll-bound states.
Mr Chandra today attended an International Webinar On 'Enhancing Electoral Participation Of Women, Persons With Disabilities (PwDs) and Senior citizen Voters: Sharing Best Practices and New Initiatives' at Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Delhi.
Speaking to ANI after the event, he stated, "We are continuously reviewing the preparations in poll-bound states. We have met with chief electoral officers and reviewed the preparations. We have given necessary instructions to them and hope that the voting percentage in the poll-bound states go up."
"In Rajasthan by-polls held earlier this year, 90 per cent of the specially-abled people cast their votes. We want voters of all categories to participate in the upcoming elections," he added.
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