Ahmedabad, Sep 9 (PTI) Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will visit Gujarat on September 10 and 11, his first visit to the state after taking charge as the CEC, officials said on Wednesday.
During his two-day visit, Kumar will interact with prominent citizens, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and members of Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELCs) as part of the Election Commission’s initiative on ‘Transparency from Roll to Poll’, the state Chief Electoral Officer’s office said.
Kumar will begin his visit on September 10 by paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram and touring the premises. He will later visit the historic Adalaj Stepwell in Gandhinagar as part of a programme highlighting Gujarat’s cultural heritage.
In the evening, he will visit the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) campus, where he will interact with prominent citizens on the topic ‘Conducting elections in India — The largest democracy in the World’, according to the press note.
On September 11, the CEC will interact with around 500 BLOs from across Gujarat at Atal Kalam Hall on the Gujarat University campus in Ahmedabad.
He will later interact with more than 1,000 ELC members at the AUDA Auditorium in Shela area of the city in the evening. The programme will include a presentation on the vision, mission and key features of the recently launched ELC 2.0.
An informative session on ECINET, described by the Election Commission as an operational “All Solutions Platform” for elections, will also be held during the programme.
Senior Election Commission officials, including Director General (Media) Ashish Goyal, Director General (IT) Seema Khanna, Director Shubhra Saxena and Deputy Director (Media) Apoorva Kumar Singh, will provide technical and media guidance through presentations during the events.
The interactions with BLOs and ELC members have been organised by the Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer’s team as part of the “Transparency from Roll to Poll” initiative, the press note said. PTI PJT NP
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