Setting the ball rolling for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra, the full Election Commission panel led by Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath today interacted with their state counterparts to review the preparedness for conduct of elections.
The panel, comprising Election Commissioners HS Brahma and SNA Zaidi, is scheduled to meet top officials of the State administration on Tuesday.
The EC team also held discussions with representatives of political parties, officials said.
The panel will hold meetings and discuss with the State officials about the preparations being done to hold polls to the 288-member House, which are due in September-October.
Meanwhile, addressing reporters at the State BJP office here in the evening, senior BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Governor-designate Ram Naik said, “We demanded that EC should look into the issue of missing voters.”