ECI holds talks with legislative dept on pending electoral reforms

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa, Sushil Chandra and senior officers of ECI met Narayan Raju, Secretary of the Department along with Rita Vashishth, Additional Secretary and other officers at the meeting.

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday held detailed discussions with the Legislative Department of Ministry of Law and Justice on various issues of pending electoral reforms.

According to sources, Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora, Election Commissioners, Ashok Lavasa, Sushil Chandra and senior officers of ECI met Narayan Raju, Secretary of the Department along with Rita Vashishth, Additional Secretary and other officers at the meeting.

ECI holds discussions with legislative department on pending electoral reforms

While welcoming the Law Secretary and other officers of the Ministry, Arora thanked the Department for facilitating postal ballot facilities for PwD and electors of above 80 years and electors belonging to essential services by the recent amendment in the Conduct of Election Rules on ECE's recommendation, sources said.

Arora also mentioned that there are more than 40 different proposals of electoral reforms which are pending since long and Commission is at present discussing some of these proposals.

"Commission would like to have such meetings with Legislative Department at regular intervals to pursue all such pending proposals," he said.

Matters discussed during the meeting included :

ECI holds discussions with legislative department on pending electoral reforms

Following this, Secretary Legislative Department, Raju assured that they are already examining these proposals, sources added.