The Election Commission of India has sought Information and Broadcasting Ministry's support for necessary awareness and outreach activities to bring every eligible youth on electoral rolls by National Voters' Day in January next.

In a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, the Chief Election Commissioner, CEC, S Y Quraishi has asked her to direct the media units of her ministry to get in touch with Chief Electoral Officers of states that are going to polls next in achieving this goal.

Quraishi has also appreciated the ministry's support in helping increase voters' participation in the recently-
concluded assembly elections in five states of Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

The CEC has written that he was looking forward to even higher level of cooperation from Information and Broadcasting ministry in the coming assembly elections in Gujarat,Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland.