Haryana Chief Electoral Officer, Sh. Pankaj Agarwal, said that the Election Commission of India is continuously taking new initiatives to make the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies election process more transparent and fair. He said that Chief Election Commissioner Sh. Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi had an interaction with the Aam Aadmi Party led by its National Convener, Sh. Arvind Kejriwal at Nirvachan Sadan on May 15, 2025 .
The meeting is in continuation of the interactions being held by ECI with the Presidents of various National and State Political Parties. The Commission had earlier met with the delegations of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), led by the Party President Km. Mayawati, on May 06, 2025; the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by the Party President Sh. Jagat Prakash Nadda, on May 08, 2025, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sh. M.A. Baby on May 10, 2025 and the Party President of the National People’s Party, Sh. Conrad Sangma on May 13, 2025.
He further said that to ensure an error-free voter list, a total of 4,719 meetings have been organised with the representatives of national and state recognized political parties and other stakeholders. Out of these, 40 meetings were conducted by the CEOs, 800 by DEOs, and 3,879 by EROs.
More than 28,000 representatives from different political parties participated in these meetings. He said that this initiative aligns with the commission's vision of further strengthening the electoral process in accordance with the existing legal framework with all stakeholders.