With the Lok Sabha elections slated to be announced next month, an Election Commission team led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora will visit Lucknow for three days starting February 27 to assess poll preparedness in Uttar Pradesh.
The Chief Election Commissioner will be accompanied by two Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra.
Chief Electoral Officer of UP, L Venkateshwarlu, said here on Thursday that during its three-day stay, the Election Commission team would meet a delegation of political parties followed by a meeting with Chief Secretary, DGP, Principal Secretary (Home) and Principal Secretary (Excise).
On February 28, the Election Commission would hold a meeting with district magistrates/ returning officers of 80 Lok Sabha constituencies, SPs/SSPs of all 75 districts along with divisional commissioners and DIGs/IGs.
The Election Commission team will also meet officials of Income Tax, Narcotics, Transport, departments banks, railways and civil aviation to make them aware of their role in the elections.
Venkateshwarlu said that before winding up the visit, the Chief Election Commissioner would address a press conference to make the media aware of the outcome of these meetings.