Chief election commissioner of India, Mr. Nasim Zaidi ruled out early assembly polls in Punjab. Mr. Zaidi told reporters in Amritsar that the elections would be held in the state as per schedule – February 2017. The CEC was here to review the status of special summary revision work of electoral rolls with January 1 as the qualifying date. He held a meeting with Punjab's chief electoral officer VK Singh, Amritsar and Tarn Taran deputy commissioners, who are designated as district electoral officers, and other officials.<br/><br/>Mr. Zaidi said the key challenge before the poll panel is to check distribution of money and liquor to lure voters. During the meeting, the Punjab CEO told the CEC that an intensive door-to-door verification was conducted throughout the state. As many as 7,63,119 names were deleted due to reasons such as death while 1,86,879 new electors were enrolled up to August this year.