EC to review poll preparedness in TN, Puducherry

February 03, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 05:46 am IST - NEW DELHI:

Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi and election commissioners Achal Kumar Joti and Om Prakash Rawat will review poll preparedness in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu between February 9 and 11. The State and Union Territory are scheduled to go to polls in May.

The high-level team from the Election Commission (EC) will be in Puducherry on February 9. Review in Tamil Nadu will be conducted the next two days.

According to officials in the EC, the commissioners will be meeting representatives of all political parties as well as district election officers, magistrates and Senior Superintendents of Police and top civil officers. It is after the review that the EC will decide on poll dates in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

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