"Poll preparations in J&K under CEC review; bugle imminent."
Various political parties receive letters from the Chief Electoral Officer's office asking them to a meeting with the ECI.
Srinagar According to sources, an Election Commission of India team will assess the state of preparation for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Thursday and solicit input from political parties. After arriving here this morning, the delegation headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is scheduled to meet at the Sheri Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) with leaders from political parties.
Various political parties received letters on Tuesday from the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Jammu and Kashmir asking them to a meeting with the ECI. Time slots for the meeting with the Election Commission have been assigned to the political parties.
To meet with the ECI team, representatives from a number of political parties, including the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party, the BJP, the National Conference (NC), the People's Democratic Party (PDP), and the Congress, gathered at the SKICC, according to the authorities. They added that a number of high-ranking police and civil administration officials, including J-K Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole, also made their way to the SKICC.
Weeks before the Supreme Court's September 30 deadline for holding elections in the Union Territory, the ECI will assess the state of preparation for the Assembly elections.
Election Commissioners S S Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar are with Kumar. Together with the chief secretary and the director general of police, the Commission will also assess the arrangements with the election officers and police superintendents in each district. The trip's final three days will The two positions of Election Commissioners were unfilled at the time. Days before the March 16 announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, they were filled. Kumar had stated, "This active participation is a huge positive for Assembly elections to be held soon so that the democratic process continues to thrive in the Union Territory," following a record turnout in the Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha elections.
In addition to meeting with political parties, the Commission will confer with the central forces coordinator and chief electoral officer to assess the current state of affairs.
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