The full Election Commission of India (ECI) team comprising the Chief Election Commissioner and two election commissioners will be in Chandigarh over the next two days to review preparations for the forthcoming Punjab assembly elections. Chief Electoral Officer V K Singh and nodal police officers deputed for the elections will brief them of their preparedness. This will be followed by a meeting with all nodal officers of he state election commission, police nodal officer, nodal officer of the Narcotics Control Bureau, nodal officer of the state narcotics control bureau, income tax and excise and taxation. The team will also get a presentation by the District Electoral Officer Ludhiana on a mobile application developed for returning officers. On October 25 the EC team will meet the Punjab Chief Secretary, Sarvesh Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary Home, Additonal Chief Secretary Finance and additional Chief Secretary Excise apart from the Director General of Police.

Source: Indian Express October 22, 2016 22:41 UTC