CEO reviews poll preparation in Sagar district

BHOPAL: Chief electoral officer, VL Kantha Rao, reviewed the poll preparations in six parliamentary constituencies in

Sagar district

on Wednesday.

He told the poll officials to ‘deal strictly’ with the people who try to influence elections through illegal means.

Out of the 29 parliamentary constituencies of

Madhya Pradesh

, notification for six — Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Balaghat and

Chhindwara

— has been published. These six parliamentary constituencies are spread over 3 divisions and 11 districts Elections here will be held on April 29. Additional secretary of ECI, Santosh Kumar, additional chief electoral officer Arun Kumar Tomar, joint chief electoral officer, Abhijeet Agarwal, divisional commissioners and IGs of the three divisions along with the collectors and SPs of all the 11 districts were present in the meeting.

Rao reviewed the availability of human resource, requirement of vehicles, details about the vulnerable and critical polling booths. He instructed that the state borders be sealed and continuous contact should be established with the officials from neighbouring states.

Poll watch: Only one candidate has filed a nomination in two days from Balaghat

One person filed nomination papers from Chhindwara on Tuesday