CEC to review Bengal poll preparedness, hold press conference on March 10
The Hindu
CEC Gyanesh Kumar reviews West Bengal's poll preparedness and faces protests ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections on March 10.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with senior officials and police officers in West Bengal on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) to review preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections, officials said.
The CEC will also hold a press conference amid controversies over alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls.
Mr. Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, is scheduled to hold meetings with West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakravorty, Director General of Police (DGP) Piyush Pandey and other senior officials to assess election-related arrangements in the State.
The poll panel will also review coordination between the State administration and security agencies, including the deployment of central armed police forces, the officials said.
The commission is scheduled to hold a meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, the State police nodal officer and the CAPF nodal officer to review logistical arrangements and security planning, an official of the CEO’s office said.
The commission is also expected to interact with booth-level officers (BLOs) and hold a press conference later in the day.
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