The Chief Minister inaugurated the new building of the
State Election Commission: Now the work of the State Election Commission will be conducted in a systematic manner in the new building
Raipur 30 December 2020. The Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, today inaugurated the new building of the State Election Commission through video conferencing from his residence office in Raipur. This building has been constructed in Sector 19 of North Block of Nava Raipur Atal Nagar. The Chief Minister while congratulating and congratulating the State Election Commissioner Thakur Ramsingh and the officials and employees of Chhattisgarh State Election Commission said that in this new convenient building, officers and employees will get an opportunity to work in an orderly manner. The Chief Minister said that in a democratic country, the State Election Commission has an important role in the election of local bodies and three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions in the state. The State Election Commission has performed its duties well in the last 20 years.
On this occasion, Minister of Forests, Housing and Environment and Law, Mr. Mohammad Akbar, Agriculture Minister Mr. Ravindra Choubey, Home Minister Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Mr. T.S. Singhdev, School Education Minister Dr. Premasai Singh Tekam, Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr. Shiv Kumar Dahria, Food Minister Mr. Amarjeet Bhagat, Women and Child Development Minister Mrs. Anila Bhendia, Industry Minister Mr. Kavasi Lakhma, Public Health Engineering Minister Mr. Guru Rudra Kumar, Higher Education Minister Mr. Umesh Patel, Parliamentary Secretary Mr. Shishupal Sori and Mr. Chandradev Rai, President of Chhattisgarh State Housing Board, Mr. Kuldeep Juneja, President of Chhattisgarh State Text Book Corporation Mr. Shailesh Nitin Trivedi, Chief Secretary Mr. Amitabh Jain, Nava Raipur Chairman of Atal Town Development Authority Mr. RP Mandal and several senior officials were present.
While giving welcome address, State Election Commission Commissioner Thakur Ram Singh said that Chhattisgarh State Election Commission has been set up on September 28, 2002. The commission conducted the first general elections of three-tier panchayats and municipalities in the year 2004-05, the second election year 2009-10, the third 2014-15 and the fourth general election in the year 2019-20. Panchayat elections were held in all the districts of the state and elections were held in urban bodies. He said that the Electoral Rolls containing the photo were prepared by the State Election Commission through the online software (SEC-ER) and the names of the candidates were obtained online on the instructions. An awareness campaign for participation of voters in the voting process was also launched by the Election Commission, Jagav Botar ‘Jabo’. He informed that facilities like store house, meeting room, modern VC room are available in the new building of the State Election Commission.
