He also said that that the special observers will have additional role in supervising deployment of forces and their randomisation for poll duties.Aror
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The Election Commission of India held a meeting with Special Observers appointed for upcoming assembly polls in New Delhi on Thursday. [Photo/ANI]
ECI appreciates Special Observers for helping it conduct fair, inducement-free elections ANI | Updated: Mar 06, 2021 16:19 IST
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): Welcoming the newly-appointed special observers for the forthcoming general elections to the legislative assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal 2021, the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday appreciated them for playing a very important role in the past elections and helping ECI fulfil the constitutional mandate of conducting free, fair, transparent, impartial and inducement-free elections.
CEC Arora stresses on coordination during Assembly polls
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Kolkata: Chief Election commissioner, Election Commission of India, Sunil Arora at a press conference ahead of Assembly election in Kolkata on Jan 22, 2021 . (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 4 : Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday emphasised on greater coordination amid all enforcement agencies functioning on the ground ahead of elections in four states and one Union Territory from March-end and in April.
He also said that that the special observers will have additional role in supervising deployment of forces and their randomisation for poll duties.
In a directive to all states and union territories, the poll panel said it had already instructed that a committee of state chief electoral officer, state police nodal officer and state CAPF coordinator will jointly decide the election security plan and randomisation of state police and CAPF personnel.