EC meets Home Secretary to prepare for Assembly polls in 5 states/UT
By TIOL News Service
NEW DELHI, JAN 13, 2021: THE Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday held a meeting with Union Home Secretary Mr Ajay Bhalla to discuss the availability and requirement of central security forces for the upcoming Assembly elections in four states and a union territory.
The meeting, held at the EC headquarters in Nirvachan Sadan, was "primarily to discuss requirement vis-à-vis availability of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and related matters, for the upcoming Assembly elections to the states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, and the Union Territory of Puducherry."
The terms of the Legislative Assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will likely be held in April-May, keeping in mind the COVID-19 restrictions.
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