CEC begins 3-day Odisha tour, calls BLOs 'pillars of election course of'

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Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar.
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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (December 27, 2025) started his three-day tour of Odisha, and described the booth-level officers (BLOs), whom he’ll meet later, because the “pillars of the election course of”.

Accompanied by his household, Mr. Kumar arrived on the Biju Patnaik Worldwide Airport right here and straightaway went to Puri for ‘darshan’ of the sibling deities — Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath.

“I’ve come to Odisha with my household to have darshan of Lord Jagannath, to grasp and expertise the native tradition, and in addition to satisfy our booth-level officers, who’re the pillars of our election course of. We might be in Odisha for 2 to a few days,” Mr. Kumar advised reporters in Bhubaneswar.

Whereas Mr. Kumar is scheduled to go to Puri and Konark on Saturday, he’ll go to a number of heritage and cultural websites, together with Raghurajpur village, famend for ‘Patachitra’ work, Dhauli Shanti Stupa, the dual hill complexes of Khandagiri and Udayagiri, and the Mukteswar Temple in Bhubaneswar.

Earlier than concluding his go to, Mr. Kumar will work together with round 700 BLOs from Khurda and Cuttack districts on December 29 in Bhubaneswar.

The BLOs will play a significant function within the Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) train in Odisha, which is more likely to be carried out by the EC within the third part.

The EC carried out SIR in Bihar within the first part, and the train is underway in 12 states and Union territories within the second part. Odisha, and the remaining states and UTs are anticipated to be lined within the third part.

Printed – December 27, 2025 11:42 am IST