A team of Election Commission of India (ECI) officials led by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha reached Bokaro to check the preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections. The ECI officials are on two days visit to Jharkhand to check the poll preparedness.
Team including Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain, Arvind Anand and CEO Jharkhand Vinay Kumar Choubey today rushed Bokaro to meet the poll panel, district officials, police officers and representatives from political parties of North Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand to check their preparedness," said a district administration official.
The visit is part of a "routine" procedure ahead of the elections in any poll-bound State, the official said.
Legislative Assembly elections are due to be held in Jharkhand from 30 November to 20 December 2019 (five phase) to elect the 81 members of Legislative Assembly; results will be declared on 23 December this year.
Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar, DIG Prabhat Kumar, SP Bokaro P Murugun welcomed the officials at Bokaro Airport.
Later they rushed at Bokaro Niwas for review meeting. Beside others Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih, Chatra and Ramgharh were present in the meeting.