High level ECI team led by DEC Sudeep Jain to visit Mizoram

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New Delhi : Election Commission of India (ECI) had deputed a team of officers to discuss various issues related to ensuing Mizoram Assembly Elections. ECI Team held a detailed discussion on November 6, 2018, at Aizwal with the leaders and representatives of All NGO Coordination Committee comprising Central YMA, Mizoram Senior Citizen Association, Mizoram Women Federation, Mizo Student Association & Mizo Student Union, and Mizoram Church Leaders Committee.

The meetings were held in a very cordial atmosphere in which various issues were deliberated threadbare after which a joint resolution of NGO Coordination Committee signed by Vanlalruata, L Ramdinliana Renthlei, Vanlalliana Khiangte, R K Thanga, Ms Saipui, and Lalhmachhuana was submitted to ECI on November 7, 2018.

The Commission appreciates the glorious tradition of people of Mizoram to always have a very peaceful election. Considering the urgency of the matter, a full Commission meeting was convened on November 7, 2018, to further build on this mutual understanding.

After due deliberations on the resolution, the Commission while accepting the broad contours of the resolution passed by the All NGO Coordination Committee Mizoram, decided to depute a higher level ECI Team led by Deputy Election Commissioner  Sudeep Jain, incharge of Mizoram, to have further discussion on November 9, 2018, at Aizwal with the representatives of All NGO, Mizoram, on their resolution. The team would comprise Lalbiakthanga Khiangte, CEO, Jharkhand, S B Joshi, Secretary, ECI, and Ms Lalzarmawii, Additional CEO, Mizoram.

The Commission has expressed its serious concern over the violent incident at Kolasib on November 6, 2018. It expects that keeping with the ethos and tradition of peaceful society in Mizoram, all stakeholders will sincerely work together so that no such incident recurs during the entire election process and elections are conducted peacefully with maximum participation as always, according to a PIB release.