The ECI has directed the IAS and IPS officers to attend a two-day orientation programme scheduled for February 5 and 6 in New Delhi at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, in the presence of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

In a letter dated January 27 to West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal (IAS: 1990: WB), the Commission made it clear that strong disciplinary action would be taken against any officer who skips the training programme in Delhi.