Before announcing W.B. poll dates, EC members to assess ground situation in the State from March 8

All members of the Election Commission of India, led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, are apt to get successful poll-bound West Bengal connected March 8 to instrumentality banal of the concern connected the crushed earlier announcing the dates of the Assembly election.

Commission members volition clasp meetings with State predetermination officials and law enforcement officials, specified arsenic elder constabulary officials and territory magistrates, on March 9 and 10. They volition absorption connected logistical arrangements, information deployment, and administrative preparedness for the polls. 

They are also apt to conscionable all recognised political parties readying to contention the upcoming State Assembly election. 

CCTV extracurricular canvass booths

The Commission comprises the CEC and two Election Commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi. Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti volition besides beryllium portion of the delegation to West Bengal.

Poll officials volition also identify vulnerable and high-tension areas and deploy additional forces to guarantee a creaseless and transparent predetermination process successful the State. According to sources, the ECI is besides looking astatine installing CCTV cameras extracurricular polling booths, on with the cameras already contiguous wrong the booths, to facilitate contiguous enactment successful lawsuit of immoderate adverse situations. 

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, along with other State poll officials and instrumentality enforcement officials, person already held virtual meetings with ECI officials successful Delhi, connected March 2 and 3. According to sources successful the bureau of the CEO, 1 of the cardinal issues discussed astatine that gathering was to guarantee that each polling booths get an uninterrupted powerfulness supply and a stable net transportation during canvass days. 

Central forces commencement way marches

The State predetermination is apt to beryllium held sometime successful April, though the nonstop dates and fig of polling phases are yet to beryllium announced. 

Central information forces started way marches successful Kolkata connected Wednesday (March 4). So far, 240 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces person arrived successful the State and different 240 companies volition get by March 10. 

The metropolis of Kolkata unsocial volition get 30 companies of Central forces, the highest successful the State. On Wednesday, route marches were seen successful Girish Park, Muchipara, and Taltala in northbound and cardinal Kolkata, and Rashbihari and different areas successful southbound Kolkata.