A meeting of General Observers, Police Observers and Expenditure Observers for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana Assembly polls was held in New Delhi today. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu briefed the observers on their critical and important role in their allotted constituencies.

Over 400 senior officers drawn from Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service as well as officers from Indian Revenue Service and few other Central Services attended the briefing meeting. Around 200 General Observers, 100 Police Observers and 100 Expenditure Observers are to be deployed in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana.

Reminding the Observers of their crucial role, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar emphasised that the Observers as representatives of the Commission are expected to conduct themselves professionally and be accessible to all stakeholders including candidates and public at large. He said, the election in both states will be held in fair and impartial manner. The CEC said, there is excitement among people of Jammu and Kashmir for the assembly polls.