EC to review Karnataka poll arrangements on Monday

With the poll process in Karnataka set to begin on 10 April, the Election Commission will take an elaborate review of the arrangements when its team visits Bangalore from tomorrow. Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath along with Election Commissioners HS Brahma and  SNA Zaidi will hold a meeting with representatives of all political parties on 8 April and hear their grievances. [caption id=“attachment_689321” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Reuters[/caption] They will hold another meeting of top election officials on 9 April to discuss threadbare the poll and security arrangements. The poll process for the Karnataka elections starts on 10 April with the issue of notification by the state Governor, paving the way for candidates to start filing their nominations. The Commission has taken a number of measures to check the use of money power in elections besides checking paid news and other poll malpractices during these elections. Karnataka will go to polls on 5 May to elect its 224- member Assembly. Counting of votes will be held on 8 May. While 36 constituencies are reserved for SCs, 15 are reserved for STs in the state. There are a total of 4.18 crore voters in Karnataka. PTS