CEC to visit Gangtok for review of poll preparations

Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy will arrive in Gangtok on a three-day visit to review poll preparations.

Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy will arrive here on a three-day visit on Saturday to review poll preparations in the state, election office sources said.

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Besides holding meetings with poll officials including the district collectors-cum returning officers, the CEC will also interact with political parties to assess the pre-poll scenario in the hill state.

A visit to Nathula, the Tsomgo lake, Baba Mandir and the highest polling station in the state at Gnathang, situated at 12,180 feet, are part of the CEC's itinerary, they added.

Krishnamurthy will leave on May three after visiting the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.