SHILLONG
: Chief election commissioner
AK Joti
will lead an
Election Commission team to the state later this week to assess election preparedness in the state, officials said on Tuesday.
The state goes to the polls early next year. “A team comprising chief election commissioner A K Joti, and election commissioners OP Rawat and
Sunil Arora
, will be visiting the state on December 22-23 to review poll preparedness in the state and to resolve any issues related to electronic voting machines (EVMs) and others,” the state’s chief electoral officer
FR Kharkongor
said.
After the
EC completes its assessment, poll dates will follow soon, he added. On Friday, the EC team will meet superintendents of police, deputy commissioners and representatives of political parties.
The following day, the team will meet the chief secretary and the DGP, Kharkongor said. An EC team had visited the state earlier this month to review election preparedness.
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