India News | EC to Hold Meet with Poll Observers on Friday
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Election Commission will on Friday hold a virtual meeting with observers who would be deployed for elections in five states.
New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) The Election Commission will on Friday hold a virtual meeting with observers who would be deployed for elections in five states.
The top brass of the poll panel will brief the various general, police and expenditure observers of their roles and responsibilities during election duty.
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa will be held between February 10 and March 7 with the counting of votes on March 10.
The observers are drawn for various services such as IAS, IPS, IRS and various accounts services.
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The Commission usually briefs observers about their assigned roles after the poll schedule is announced.
During the briefings, observers are given comprehensive inputs about various aspects of election management by senior officials of the EC.
Separately, the Commission could discuss on Saturday on whether to continue with its ban on physical election rallies, road shows and pad yatras.
Announcing the polls in five states on January 8, the EC had imposed a ban till January 15 on such physical events to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)