ECI assures SAD of fair poll

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 15

Acting on a representation submitted by the SAD, the Election Commission of India has ordered that adequate number of Central paramilitary forces and micro-observers have been deployed.

In a letter written to SAD senior vice president Daljit Singh Cheema, ECI’s secretary Rahul Sharma said the concerns raised in the representation by the SAD had already been taken care of by the commission.

He said for conduct of a free and fair election, adequate number of forces had been deployed, besides videography coverage of polling booths and web casting had also been planned.