Review election preparedness!
Ahead of the upcoming polls in Gujarat state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) deputed a team of officers in Ahmedabad from September 16-18 to take stock of election preparedness in the state ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
According to an ECI communique. The ECI and Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi held the review meeting with district election officers, Police superintendents and Police commissioners regarding election preparedness.
According to the statement, The team comprised Hridesh Kumar, Nitesh Vyas, Dharmendra Sharma, NN Butolia, Yashvendra Singh, Deepali Masirkar, S B Joshi, Shubhra Saxena, Anuj Chandak," the release said, adding "All thematic issues like electoral roll, SSR, EVM, VVPAT, law and order, training facilities, and polling stations were discussed to ensure smooth conduct of the forthcoming elections. Detailed discussions were also held with nodal officers, and representatives of various enforcement agencies."
It further stated that "A meeting was also held with secretaries from various state government departments including home, school, education, power, telecommunications, road and transport, health and family welfare, excise and revenue," adding "....a meeting was also held with Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, to discuss various issues in the forthcoming elections and feedback received from CEO, State Nodal Officer, DEOs, SPs and enforcement agencies for smooth conduct of forthcoming elections in the state."
In the 2017 Assembly elections, Congress had restricted the ruling BJP to 99 by winning 77 seats. There are 182 assembly seats in Gujarat and is slated to go for Assembly elections along with Himachal Pradesh later this year.
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