CEC sends high-level team to assess poll arrangements in K'taka

New Delhi, Apr 7 (UNI) A high-level team comprising three Deputy Election Commissioners and senior officials of the Election Commission will go to Karnataka tomorrow to assess and review the poll arrangements for the first phase of polling in the state.

A decision to this effect was taken by Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy today, official sources said.

The team will have meetings with district level returning officers of each constituency falling under the first phase of polling.

Besides the they would also hold meetings with senior police officials to ascertain the ground situation in poll management, the sources said.

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