By NNN-PTI
New Delhi : After ordering a series of transfers involving senior civil and police officers, the Election Commission will send three Special Observers to supervise the observance of Model Code of Conduct by the political parties in Gujarat next week.
G D Tripathi, Manisha Arun Patanakar and Arun Singhal would tour various areas in Ahmedabad, Surat and Jamnagar, EC sources said.
They would also oversee the revision of electoral rolls and election preparedness for three days from Oct 23, they said.
In addition, the Commission is also sending three teams of its officials next week to oversee poll readiness in Baroda, Surat and Ahmedabad.
The EC yesterday posted senior IPS officer S K Saikia as Ahmedabad’s new Commissioner of Police and appointed G S Malik as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) border range.
Earlier, the poll panel had posted senior IAS officer Mamta Verma as the new Collector of Gandhinagar, replacing Sonal Mishra, who along with seven senior civil and police officers were shifted.
While ordering the transfers, the EC had directed that none of the eight officials would be posted to any election-related post or work.