Poll Body Sets Up Panel To Identify Shortcomings In Recent Assembly Polls

Committee is broadly tasked to identify: Shortcomings/ gaps in ECI regulatory regime, if any and the gaps in implementation and enforcement at the level of Chief Election officers/ District official.

The Election Commission of India (EC) on Thursday has formed a core-committee to identify shortcomings from recently held Assembly polls in states and to push for reforms -- from strengthening legal framework to ensure compliance of Covid-19 protocols to regulating poll expenditure by political parties. "ECI push for wide-ranging reforms. Sets up a Core Committee headed by Secretary-General to identify learning, experiences and shortcomings from recently poll gone states in furtherance for continuing electoral reforms process", tweeted Sheyphali Sharan, official spokesperson of ECI. "Election Commission of India in furtherance for continuing reforms process has decided to set up a Core Committee headed by Secretary General, ECI to identify learning, experiences, shortcomings from recently poll-gone States of Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and UT of Puducherry", informed an official release by the Commission. The committee is broadly tasked to identify: Shortcomings /gaps in ECI regulatory regime, if any and the gaps in implementation and enforcement at the level of Chief Election officers (CEOs)/ District official.