EC to visit states from Jan 7 as it finalises LS poll preparations
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New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) will visit Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh the next week to begin assessing the states' readiness for the Lok Sabha elections.
From January 7 to 10, the commission, which is headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and consists of Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel, will visit Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Ahead of the visit, deputy election commissioners will brief the full commission about the preparations in the two states on January 6.
The deputy election commissioners have visited almost all the states to oversee the preparation for the Lok Sabha polls. It is usual for the EC to tour states ahead of assembly or Lok Sabha elections to meet political parties, senior police and administrative officials and its ground poll machinery.
It is, however, not yet certain whether the EC will visit all the states and union territories. It may skip states where assembly polls were held recently.
In 2019, the Lok Sabha elections were announced on March 10 and held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. Votes were counted on May 23.
With PTI inputs