The team of Election Commission of India (ECI) headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar arrived in the city on Tuesday afternoon.
The 17-member team comprising election commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel and senior officials is on a three-day visit to Telangana to assess the State’s preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly elections. Immediately on their arrival, the team interacted with the national and state political parties and received representations relating to their grievances.
This was followed by the meeting with the representatives of the enforcement agencies including the State police, central armed police force, Excise department, Enforcement Directorate and others where the CEC interacted with them on the measures to check the flow of liquor and money in the ensuing polls.
