EC team in Patna to assess Bihar poll preparations

A high-level Election Commission (EC) team today arrived here on a two-day visit and interacted with senior administration officials to take stock of the preparations for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.
The team, led by Deputy Election Commissioners Vinod Zutshi and Umesh Sinha, as well as Director General (Election Expenditure) P K Das met Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V Naik, Additional CEO R Lakshmanan.
EC officials said Bihar Police Additional Director General (Headquarters) Sunil Kumar, Inspector General (Operations) Sushil M Khopde, CRPF IG Arun Kumar, senior officials from Income Tax and Excise Departments were present at the meeting as well.

"All District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police were called to Patna to attend the meeting. They were asked about their inputs regarding polls to 243 Assembly seats which are expected to be held in September-October this year," an EC official said.
The EC team will meet senior state officials tomorrow also to discuss poll related strategies and preparatory work.
It will identify security issues related to holding of elections as several districts in the state are affected by Left-Wing Extremism.
Bihar shares a 552-km long border with Nepal.