The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 11 organised in New Delhi a meeting for the observers it will be deploying for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The day-long briefing for the over 1,800 observers is being addressed by EC officials on different subjects.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is also likely to address the observers drawn from different services.
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These police, general and expenditure observers are drawn from services such as IAS, IPS, IRS and other allied services.
They are deployed in poll-bound areas ahead of the announcement of elections and work as eyes and ears of the poll authority in the States.
ECI to visit J-K on March 12
Meanwhile, the Election Commission will be on its last visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday to assess when polls can be held in the Union Territory.
“Once the assessment is complete and the visit ends on Wednesday, the commission may announce the dates for the Lok Sabha elections. ECI has earlier visited Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Chennai, and Bhubaneshwar and held meetings with regional parties and top govt officials to assess the poll preparedness of states,” sources said.
Earlier on March 6, a team of ECI officials held a review meeting with all District Election Officers (DEOs), Commissioner of Police, Guwahati City, Superintendents of Police (SPs), DIGs and other senior officials to assess the poll preparedness in the State ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, 2024 at a meeting held at a city hotel in Guwahati.
The Lok Sabha polls are expected to be held sometime between April and May this year.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
