India, Feb. 5 -- Seeking to build synergy between the functioning of the Election Commission (EC) of India and State Election Commissions (SEC) related to their respective processes, the poll authority will organise a national conference.

Besides state election commissioners, their legal experts will also attend the meeting on February 24, the EC said on Wednesday. The 'National SEC Conference' is being held after a gap of 27 years. The last such conference was held in 1999.

The SECs are created by the states to hold panchayat and municipal elections. They are separate and independent of the EC. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar will chair the conference along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Josh...