New Delhi, March 5 -- Amid allegations of a cover-up on its part over electors having duplicate voter ID card numbers, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday asked all state Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs), District Election Officers (DEOs) and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to meet political parties regularly to resolve their issues according to procedure.
The directions came at a two-day conference of state CEOs amid allegations by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that voters in different states had identical voter card numbers. This is the first such conference held since new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar assumed charge last month.
CEC Kumar directed officials to be approachable and responsive to political partie...