The full Election Commission is again visiting West Bengal on Thursday to oversee the poll preparedness for the last three phases of the assembly elections. Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi and the other two Election Commissioners, V.S. Sampath and H.S. Brahma will arrive in Kolkata in the morning and will hold meeting with the representatives of the political parties.State Additional Chief Electoral Officer N.K. Sahana said, in the afternoon, the full Commission will hold a review meeting with the district magistrates, police superintendents, DIGs and IGs of police and divisional commissioners of the seven districts, Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore, Burdwan, and Maoist-infested West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia, which will go to polls in fourth, fifth and sixth phases. Later, the EC will hold discussions with the state chief secretary, home secretary and Director General of police to review the poll preparedness and security arrangements for the remaining phases. Earlier, the full team of the Election Commission visited the State on 22nd of last month ahead of six phase elections.Our correspondent reports that the state election department has so far received over 800 complaints on various poll related issues and some of them may be flagged before the full commission.
News On AIR | April 27, 2011 5:04 PM
EC again visiting WB to oversee poll preparedness