The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr. S. Y. Quraishi on Saturday left for Amman on the invitation by the Prime Minister of Jordan, to explore modalities of supporting Jordan’s electoral process. The CEC visit is taking place in the backdrop of political reforms taking place in Jordan and in the West Asian region. The Jordanian request was made during the visit of Minister of State for External Affairs i E. Ahamed to Amman in November 2011.

A major purpose of the visit is to explore the possibility of assisting Jordan in enacting an electoral law, which would ensure the highest degree of fairness and transparency of the polling process and emergence of a truly representative Parliament. The four member delegation also includes Akshay Rout, Director General, ECI, Umesh Sinha, Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh and S.K. Mendiratta, Legal Advisor, ECI.