Telangana assembly elections: 11-member team to review poll preparedness

HYDERABAD: A team of 11-member headed by chief election commissioner Om Prakash Rawat would be visiting Telangana for two days beginning on Thursday to review the poll preparedness, a state government official said on Wednesday.


During the visit, the team would hold a meeting with chief secretary SK Joshi, DGP 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.