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EC reviews poll arrangements

By Our Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR AUG. 18. The Election Commission, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, arrived here on a three days visit to reviews the overall arrangements for the polls scheduled to be held from September 16 to October 8.

Accompanied by the Election Commissioners, T.S. Krishnamurthy and B.B. Tandon, Mr. Lyngdoh held informal meetings with the senior civil and police officers. In the evening, the EC interacted with the members of the Unified Headquarters (UH) and discussed the security aspects of the elections in detail.

The meeting, attended by Commanders of the Srinagar and Jammu-based 15 and 16 Corps, the Director General of Police, A.K. Suri, the Principal Secretary (Home), C. Phonsog, the Chief Electoral Officer, Pramod Jain, and heads of other security and intelligence agencies, dwelt at length the threat perception to the candidates intending to participate in the elections.

While the EC asked the State security set up to ensure fool-proof security cover to the candidates and the workers of all political parties, the officials stressed on speedy deployment of additional forces from the Centre. A number of measures to conduct incident-free elections were discussed threadbare, official sources said.

The EC will hold meetings with all the Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police here tomorrow and review the arrangements being made for the elections. The progress in the issuance of voter identity cards and voter slips is also being reviewed. The Commission will later visit Jammu.

Earlier, while responding to questions from mediapersons, Mr. Lyngdoh declined to comment on the Union Cabinet's decision to make a Presidential reference to seek the Supreme Court's view on the EC's stand on Assembly elections in Gujarat and its recommendation for imposition of President's rule in the State.

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