In Himachal Pradesh, the Election Commission held a meeting in Shimla today with the senior officials to take stock of the preparations being made for the conduct of the Assembly elections due to be held on the 4th of next month. The Director General of the Election Commission Akashya Rout said that a committee has been constituted to guard against the paid news in the print and electronic media. .Meanwhile, main political parties, Congress and BJP are engaged in finalising list of their candidates for the elections to the 68-member state assembly. The BJP has already issued its first list of 45 candidates. The Congress is stated to have agreed on 50 seats while efforts are on to reach an agreement on the rest of the seats.