New Delhi, May 7 -- The Election Commission of India has taken an unprecedented step of training field-level election functionaries from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the Tamil language.

Over 290 participants comprising 264 BLO Supervisors, 14 EROs, two DEOs and other officials are part of this mixed-batch training programme at IIIDEM (India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management), Delhi, according to the Election Commission.

In his inaugural address, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said that the BLOs are the first interface of the Election Commission of India with the voters and have a vital role in ensuring correct and updated electoral rolls.

With this, nearly 2,300 participants have benefited fr...