EC team holds review meeting in Guwahati

Guwahati, Jan. 13 (PTI): A six-member team of the Election Commission of India (EC) on Wednesday held a meeting with senior government officials here to review preparedness for the Assam Assembly polls due in March-April.

The EC team, led by director general Dharmendra Sharma, held a review meeting with Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah and other senior officials, a government press release said.

Sharma is accompanied by officials, including senior principal secretary Narendra N Butolia, director of expenditure Pankaj Shrivastava, director of IT Ashok Kumar, director of law Vijay Pandey and EVM consultant Vipin Katara, the release said.

On Monday, the poll panel held a review meeting in Dibrugarh with the deputy commissioners, election officers and senior police officials of 20 election districts.