District Election Officer and Cuddalore Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar on Friday chaired a meeting at the Collectorate with Election Observers who have arrived in Cuddalore to monitor the conduct of elections.

General Observers Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar, Preeti Jain, Kartikey Danji; Expenditure Observers Shravan Ram, Amit Kumar Singh, Sushil Kumar Bansal, Chandra Bhanu Mandal and Kumar Jadav participated in the meeting held to review monitoring works undertaken by various teams.

The various static surveillance teams, flying squads and other monitoring committees were asked to discharge their duties with due diligence, and officials were asked to be thorough with their duties and responsibilities and fulfill their mandate.

The DEO urged all officials, nodal officers, and polling staff to take measures to conduct the Assembly elections in a fair manner, ensuring voters exercise their franchise without any threats or intimidation.

The team later inspected the District Election Control Room, Media Certification and Monitoring Committee Room, social media monitoring division and postal ballot facility set up at the Collectorate.