Kakinada: Returning officers meet on local body polls conducted

Kakinada: District Collector D Muralidhar Reddy on Sunday chaired a meeting with returning officers and assistant returning officers regarding the conduct of local body polls across the district.

Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer M Jyothi organised first regional level meeting to the returning officers and assistant returning officers here.

The District Collector said that the meeting was mainly conducted to explain the guidelines put forth by the State Election Commission to ensure that lapses and errors are avoided. He said that by strictly enforcing existing regulations relating to conduct of elections, they could easily ensure free and fair elections. They should be prepared to work hard with utmost dedication, he added.

Informing that the handbooks regarding mandal parishad polls have been supplied to returning officers, he asked officers to study the handbooks thoroughly and conduct polls by following instructions.

Joint Collector-2 G Raja Kumari explained the rules and regulations relating to conduct of elections.