ECI team arrives in Chennai to review poll preparedness for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Assembly elections
A seven-member team of Deputy Election Commissioners of India arrived at Chennai International Airport to review preparations for the upcoming Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Legislative Assembly elections.
The delegation includes Deputy Election Commissioners Bhanwar Prakash, Manish Garg, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Sanjay Kumar, and Ashish Goyal, along with other senior officials.
The team will assess the preparedness of the election machinery in both Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, Maneesh Garg said to reporters, “A team of officials from the Election Commission has reached Chennai and Puducherry to review the poll preparedness.”
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress president K Selvaperunthagai said the DMK-led alliance is “very strong”.
“The INDIA alliance is very strong. The DMK-led alliance is an extremely strong alliance. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam will win again and achieve consecutive victories,” Selvaperunthagai said while talking to reporters at Chennai airport.
He further said, “We placed this request only with the intention that our alliance partners should immediately take the lead as primary field workers. The sooner we reach out to people, the sooner the INDIA alliance led by the DMK should meet them. On that basis, we express our heartfelt thanks, on behalf of the Congress Legislature Party, to the Chief Minister for immediately appointing a committee.