India, March 4 -- Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday asked state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to hold all party meetings and resolve issues within the statutory framework, emphasising no electoral staff or officer should be intimidated using false claims.

"...fulfil all statutory obligations diligently and as per the existing legal framework...," he said, referring to Representation of the People Act, Registration of Elector Rules, Conduct of Election Rules 1961, and Election Commission of India (ECI)'s instructions. He called for issuing action taken reports by March 31.

Kumar was speaking on the first day of a conference of the CEOs, district election officers, and electoral roll officers, days after West Be...