Six-member ECI team to visit Pondy on Dec 22

Official sources said the team will be led by ECI Secretary General Umesh Sinha.

The team will visit Chennai on Monday and hold discussions about the preparedness for Assembly election to be held in Tamil Nadu in 2021.

After a two-day visit, the ECI team will arrive here tomorrow evening.

From 10 AM to 11 AM on Wednesday, the team will hold talks with recognised political parties and later from 11 AM to 12 noon, the team will hold discussion with the nodal officers related to Police department , Income Tax and Excise Officials.

The Puducherry Election Department has made all arrangements for the discussions and invitations were sent to all recognised political parties here.

It may be noted that the assembly election is due in 2021 in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal.