Chief Election Commissioner of India to visit Assam on Jan 18

DISPUR: A high-level delegation under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora will visit poll-bound Assam on January 18 next to lay the groundwork for the upcoming polls in Assam.

During the three days' visit to Guwahati, the CEC will hold separate meetings with the Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, DGP, and other senior officials of the State.

Arora will also hold discussions with the Chief Electoral Officer and Police Nodal Officer of Assam, leaders of political parties, as well as election related Central and State Regulatory authorities.

During the visit, Arora will also interact with the District Election Officers and SPs of the State.

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The other members of the delegation are Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra; Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar; DG,ECI Dharmendra Sharma; DEC Chandra Bhusan Kumar; ADG ,PIB & Spokesperson Sheyphail B Sharan; Senior Principal Secretary Narendra N Butolia; Director of Expenditure Pankaj Srivastava and EVM Consultant Vipin Katara, stated a release.

The ECI team will return to New Delhi on January 20 after the series of meetings.

It may be mentioned here that a team of senior officials of the ECI recently arrived in the Dibrugarh district to discuss the Assembly poll preparedness of Assam.

The team comprised Director General Dharmendra Sharma, Senior Principal Secretary Narendra N. Butolia, Director (Expenditure) Pankaj Srivastava, Director (IT) Ashok Kumar, Director (Law) Vijay Pandey and Consultant (EVM) Vipin Katara.

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