EC Joshi on 4-day visit to review poll preparations
Patna: Election commissioner (EC)
Vivek Joshi
reached Patna on a four-day state visit to review the preparations for the upcoming
Bihar legislative assembly elections
due later this year.
He will interact with the officials of the state and election commission, and inspect the status of voter facilities, security arrangements, FLC process, training centres and polling stations to ensure fair and peaceful elections in Bihar.
Joshi will also hold a meeting with state chief electoral officer (CEO) Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, nodal police officer, IG, DIG, and Patna district magistrate and SSP before a field inspection.
According to a press communique, Joshi will also visit Motihari in East Champaran district and Bettiah in West Champaran to inspect the first-level checking of EVMs, and review the election preparations with the respective DMs, SPs, EROs and BLOs.
India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, the training institute of the
Election Commission of India
, has already started large-scale programmes to ensure the accuracy of the voter list. Polling station officials of Bihar and booth-level agents of recognised political parties are participating in the training programmes being organised division-wise.
The first-level checking of EVMs is also going on in 13 districts.
After his arrival, Joshi was welcomed by state CEO Gunjiyal.
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