Deputy EC reviews poll preparedness, law & order in WB

Deputy Election Commissioner Sandeep Saxena today reviewed the poll preparedness and the law and order situation in West Bengal where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held this year.
Saxena, who had arrived in the city yesterday from Guwahati, held a series of meetings with all the district magistrates and later with Chief Secretary Basudeb Banerjee and DGP G M P Reddy.
What transpired in the meeting was not, however, known as there was no official briefing.
Official sources said Saxena took stock of law and order situation in the districts and sensitive pockets in those areas.
The full bench of the Election Commission lead by CEC Nasim Zaidi visited Kolkata last month to review the poll preparedness and the ongoing revision of electoral rolls in the state.

Zaidi had then said it is their endeavour to hold next year's Assembly polls in West Bengal in free, fair and peaceful manner and deploy central forces and IT-friendly efficient and smart observers for smooth conduct of election process.