Full bench of ECI led by CEC A K Joti to be on 2 day Gujarat visit from tomorrow:Swain

Gandhinagar:

The full bench of the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti will be on two day Gujarat visit from tomorrow to review the preparedness for assembly elections to be held in two phases on December 9 and 14.

Chief Electoral officer of Gujarat B B Swain today said that CEC Joti, wouldd be accompanied by the two Election Commissioners O. P. Rawat and Sunil Arora. His team would also comprise of other senior officers of the Commission.
The Commission will start its visit by meeting with the representatives of recognized Political Parties at Circuit House Annexe in Ahmedabad tomorrow. The
Commission will try to know the concerns and suggestions from the political parties so that they may be useful for fair and free conduct of forthcoming election.

It will conduct detailed meeting of all District Election Officers, Superintendent of Police, Commissioners of Police, Inspector Generals of Police, Deputy Inspector Generals of Police, to review different aspects of election management like,District Election Management Plan, at Mahatma Mandir of Gandhinagar later.
On the next day of the visit, ie December 3 the Commission will hold a meeting with Nodal Officers for Election Expenditure Management and Law & Order. Subsequently, the Commission will hold an important meeting with the Chief Secretary of the State, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), and Director General of Police at 12.30 PM to assess various aspects including Law & Order. The Commission will hold a press conference at 5.00 PM at Circuit House, Annexe of Ahmedabad to interact with the Media.

This was the overall second visit of the full bench of the ECI team to Gujarat in connection with the assembly polls and the first one after the announcement of poll schedule. Earlier the team led by Joti had arrived on a two day visit on October 9 and 10.

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