• Direct ROs to reach out to every voter for maximum participation in festival of democracy

SRINAGAR: The Election Observers for District Srinagar,   Capt. Pradeep Shoury Arya and Subodh Singh held a comprehensive meeting with Returning Officers(ROs) of 08 Assembly Constituencies and Flying Squad Teams (FST), Static Surviellance Teams (SST), Video Recording Teams (VRT) and Video Viewing Teams (VVT) for smooth conduct of Assembly Elections-2024 in Srinagar.

The meeting was attended by Returning Officers of Assembly segments of 19-Hazratbal Syed Ahmad Kataria, 20-Khanyar Aijaz Ahmad Shah, 21-Haba Kadal Ghulam Jeelani Zargar, 22-Lal Chowk Amir Choudhary, 23-Chanapora Suhail ul Islam, 24-Zadibal Khaild Hussain, 25-Eidgah Bashir Ahmad Paddar, & 26-Central Shalteng Muzamil Maqbool besides Deputy District Election Officer and other officers of various teams.

The Observers on the occasion stressed on exhaustive SVEEP activities for motivation and mobilization of voters for enthusiastic participation in Assembly Elections. They underlined that each voters counts and urged Returning Officers to reach out to every voter through ground staff to build confidence through motivational techniques to encourage the electorate to come for vote.

Observers directed ROs to conduct interactive sessions with candidates & political parties to sensitize them with rate charts and media guidelines. They told the staff of various teams that their role is vital to ensure free, fair and transparent elections. The officers were informed that the district administration conducted many SVEEP  activities at prime places in an endeavor to increase the participation of people in electoral process.

ROs briefed Observers about the demography of their respective constituencies, number of voters, percent of male & female voters, first time voters, number of transgender voters, senior citizens, service voters, migrant voters besides model polling stations including Pink, Green, Youth & PwD and collection & distribution centres.

Observers asked Officers to take their responsibility seriously and maintain standard registers to keep record of all the material. Besides, the participants were asked to remain accessible to all and ensure effective communication with each other to address any issue.

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