CEC to check preparedness for Karnataka polls

Bengaluru Jan 30 (IANS) Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Om Prakash Rawat will visit Karnataka on Wednesday to check the state s preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections an official said on Tuesday.

"Along with a team of officials the CEC will visit Bengaluru to meet the poll panel district officials police officers and representatives from political parties to check their preparedness " a senior official from the state poll panel told IANS here.

The visit is part of a "routine" procedure held two-three months ahead of the elections in any poll-bound state the official said.

Assembly elections in the state are due in late April-early May.

The state s Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar earlier told IANS that the revision of electoral rolls was taking place and would go on till mid-February.

--IANS
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