Telangana polls: 11-member team on 2 day visit to review election preparedness

An 11-member team headed by Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat would be visiting Telangana for two days beginning Thursday to review the poll preparedness, a state government official said Wednesday.

During the visit, the team would hold a meeting with Chief Secretary S K Joshi, Director General of Police Mahendar Reddy, district electoral officers, superintendents of police and others, the official said.

Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa would also be coming here as part of the team. The state is going to poll on December 7. The poll was originally scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections next year, but the assembly was dissolved on September 6.