The Election Commission of India (ECI) has invited suggestions from all national and state political parties to further strengthen electoral processes. The initiative aims to enhance electoral practices while ensuring compliance with the established legal framework. The move comes after a recent ECI conference, where Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar directed officials, including CEOs, DEOs, and EROs across all States and Union Territories, to hold regular engagements with political parties. The ECI emphasised that political parties should actively use this decentralised engagement mechanism to address concerns and provide constructive feedback. The poll body has set April 30 as the deadline for parties to submit inputs regarding any unresolved issues at the level of Electoral Registration Officers (ERO), District Election Officers (DEO), or Chief Electoral Officers (CEO), as applicable. The Commission further underlined that India’s electoral system operates within a robust and transparent legal framework established under the Representation of the People Act, 1950 & 1951; the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960; the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961; orders of the Supreme Court; instructions, manuals, and Handbooks issued by the ECI from time to time and available on its official website.