EC Trains 294 ROs for Bengal Polls, Emphasizes Transparency and Violence-Free Voting

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) trained 294 Returning Officers (ROs) for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls.
• Training focused on transparency, ensuring Presiding Officers share signed Form 17C copies with polling agents.
• Sessions covered critical election management aspects, including nomination, MCC enforcement, and poll-day arrangements.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stressed violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free elections.
• ROs were trained on ECINET for near real-time voter turnout data compilation.