A high level delegation of the Election Commission of India, led by Umesh Sinha, Secretary General, Election Commission visited Puducherry on Tuesday to assess the poll-preparedness for the upcoming Assembly election in 2021, in the Union Territory.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the team hold meeting with Chief Secretary Aswani Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer Shurbir Singh, District Election Officer, Puducherry – Purva Garg, District Election Officer, Karaikal – Arjun Sharma, DGP and officials from other line departments.<br />''<br />''They had discussions with the representatives of the recognised political parties.<br />''<br />''Congress, NR Congress, ADMK, DMK, BJP, Communist and other party representatives participated in this discussion.<br />''<br />''The Puducherry Election Department has made all arrangements for  the discussions here.<br />''<br />''It may be noted that assembly election is due in 2021 in Puducherry, Tamilnadu, Kerala and West Bengal.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The team comprises Deputy Election Commissioners Sudeep Jain, Ashisk Kundra, H.R.Srinivasa – Chief Electoral Officer of Bihar, Pankaj Srivastava – Director and Malay Mallick, secretary, Election Commission.</span><br />