CEC Arrives In J&K, To Overview LS Polls Preparations At the moment – Kashmir Reader

Srinagar: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar arrived right here on Monday on a three-day go to to overview preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
The final elections are prone to be held in April-Could.
No formal engagements are scheduled for the Election Fee crew consisting of Kumar and 9 different EC officers for Monday, officers stated.
The crew will maintain detailed conferences with civil administration and police officers on Tuesday as a part of the overview course of, they added.
The EC officers are additionally scheduled to satisfy representatives of political events in the course of the go to.
They may maintain related interactions in Jammu on Wednesday, the officers stated, including they’re additionally prone to work together with the media there.
There was a rising demand from political quarters in Jammu and Kashmir that the Election Fee ought to maintain Meeting polls in Jammu and Kashmir concurrently with the Lok Sabha polls or instantly after the overall elections.
Former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad have raised this demand prior to now two weeks.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Saturday held a gathering with the civil and police administration to sensitise them concerning the measures to be taken for the graceful conduct of the Lok Sabha polls within the Union Territory.
The chief secretary asserted that the administration’s goal is to make sure free and honest elections with large-scale public participation.
Dulloo impressed upon the divisional and the district administration to take all vital measures to make sure that individuals don’t face any hardships in exercising their democratic rights. (Businesses)

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