Full bench of ECI to arrive Agartala today on two-day visit to assess poll preparedness in state

Agartala: The full bench of the Election Commission of India headed by the  Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar will arrive in Agartala today on a two-day visit to assess the poll preparedness in the state.

Tripura Chief Electoral Officer Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said that the Chief Election Commissioner would accompanied by two Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel, and other senior officials.

Mr.Gitte also said that during their two-day stay, the full bench would hold a series of meetings with senior



officials to scrutinise the preparedness of the Assembly elections and give instructions to the state authorities to hold the election in a free, fair, and transparent manner.

He said, the EC would also meet all the political parties and would seek their opinions to hold the elections with the participation of all stakeholders.

From Agartala, the full Election Commission would go to Meghalaya's capital Shillong on 12th January and then to Nagaland on 14th January to undertake the same exercises.