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The team, headed by deputy election commissioner Sudeep Jain, is likely to meet senior officials in various districts of south and north Bengal over the next two days

The Election Commission of India (EC) has started taking stock of the poll preparedness in West Bengal for the crucial 2021 state assembly elections.

A group of the survey board drove by representative political race chief Sudeep Jain showed up in Kolkata on Wednesday and is probably going to meet some of senior IAS and IPS officials including the locale justices, administrators of police a lot of magistrates in different areas of south and north Bengal throughout the following two days.

As surveys are relied upon to be held during a pandemic, the state’s wellbeing secretary and home secretary are likewise liable to brief the group about the readiness.

“An EC group has come from Delhi. The group would be assessing the survey readiness and holding gatherings with civil servants and police authorities. They are additionally liable to meet agents of ideological groups in the state,” said a senior official of the survey board.

Then, the survey board has likewise begun the way toward checking every one of the 78,000-odd surveying stalls across the state to give guaranteed least offices, for example, latrines, drinking water, and slopes, on the surveying day.

Recently, an assignment of the Bharatiya Janata Party from West Bengal met the main political race chief Sunil Arora, mentioning early arrangement of Central police powers and authorization of the Model Code of Conduct to evade boundless political brutality during the mission time frame.

The state’s decision Trinamool Congress, nonetheless, has rubbished the feelings of dread. “It is simply after this group returns and presents a report that we are anticipating that the EC’s full panel should go to the state,” said a senior official.