Rajasthan assembly polls: CEC Rajiv Kumar urges voters to exercise their franchise
CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Sunday appealed to voters to make use of their voting rights and to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise.
«It is requested that you come to exercise your voting rights. This is a request and an expectation from the Nirvachan Aayog.
Our effort is to ensure that senior citizens, disabled people, women, and everybody including first-timers have full participation in the voting and we deliver a meaningfully inclusive, transparent and inducement-free election,» CEC Rajiv Kumar said while addressing a press conference in Rajasthan's Jaipur.
«In the last two days, we met all the political parties- nationally recognized parties and also had a detailed discussion with the enforcement agencies of the central government and the state government. Thereafter had a review with the DMs, SPS, IGs, DIGs, Commissioners and all the senior officers of the state government.
They said free and fair elections should be ensured, deployment of para-military forces at critical polling stations,» CEC Kumar added.
The Election Commission team came on a 3-day tour in Rajasthan regarding the upcoming assembly elections. On the last day of the tour, the Election Commission held a meeting with the police and administration.
After this, a press conference was held after the review meeting regarding the election preparations.
The Election Commission appealed to the people of the state to participate in the great festival of democracy and cast their votes. Representatives of all the parties met the Election Commission and put forward some points before the Commission.
