New Delhi, Aug 13: The Election Commission has
convened a meeting of Chief Electoral Officers of Uttar
Pradesh and Punjab today to review preparation for next
month's assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
EC sources, however, said the Gujarat issue is unlikely
to be taken up by the commission in the meeting.
The sources said the CEOs from these two states will be
holding discussion with the commission mainly for the
deployment of the polling personnel.
The CEO from Jammu and Kashmir would also be present at the meeting.
Chief Election Commission J M Lyngdoh, while announcing
the poll schedule for the state early this month, had stated
that two polling officers each from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
would be part of the polling party to assist people in using
the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS).
While polling officials from Uttar Pradesh would be
deployed in Kashmir because of the common Urdu language, the
staff from Punjab would be assisting polling officials in
Jammu.
The officials from the two states were well versed with
the functioning of EVMS, the sources added.
Bureau Report
