The Election Commission will be visiting Rajasthan for three days starting from Friday to evaluate the state’s readiness for the upcoming elections.
Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta announced that Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goyal will meet with representatives of recognized political parties in Jaipur on Friday.
After this, the Commission will hold a discussion with nodal officers of the Rajasthan Police, income tax, excise, transport, commercial tax department, railways and airport etc.
On August 30, a presentation will be given to the team by the Chief Electoral Officer, State Police Nodal Officer and Central Police Force Nodal Officers on the preparations for the polls.
From October 3, the poll panel will be in Telangana for three days to take stock of election readiness, official sources said here on Thursday.
Following the visit to the last two of the five poll-bound states, the EC is likely to announce the election schedule in the first week of October, it is believed.
Assembly polls are likely to be held in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram and Rajasthan in November-December.
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