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Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Training of poll parties going on in full swing at Cachar

21 March: The first round of training of the poll parties (Presiding Officer, 1st PO, 2nd PO & 3rd PO) organised by the Training and Awareness Cell for Parliamentary Election, 2019 of Cachar district in connection with the Lok Sabha Election 2019 is going on in full swing. Cachar district will go for polls on 18 April, 2019. The result of the election will be declared on 23 May, 2019.

The first round of training for the Polling personnel began on 18-03-2019 and continued till 20-03-2019. With a gap of two days, training will commence once again on 23-03-2019. The training is imparted in two sessions. The morning session training starts at 10 AM till1 PM, whereas the afternoon session starts at 2 PM and ends at 5 PM.

Two training venues were selected for this purpose : Narshing H.S. School, Silchar and Cachar High School, Silchar. At Narshing HS School, training was imparted in 11 rooms whereas, at Cachar High School, 10 rooms were earmarked. The EVM/VVPAT Training & Awareness Cell of Cachar district spearheaded the training sessions wherein 52 Master Trainers (Assembly Level Trainers-ALTs) imparted training in EVM/VVPAT and poll procedure. The training was given by means of power point presentations. In every room of both the schools, there were two sets of Master Trainers: one gave training on EVM/VVPAT and the other imparted training on the poll procedure.

Deputy Commissioner Laya Madduri, Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajib Roy, Election Officer Sudeep Nath, State Level Master Trainer Sudipta Dutta Choudhury (Bapi) are physically monitoring the training exercise at both the venues in the district. The EVM training has acquired a great significance this year due to the introduction of a new machine named, Voter Verified Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT).