Kolkata
: The Election Commission has
appointed former Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V Nayak as special
observer for West Bengal, a senior official said here on Wednesday.
Nayak may
reach the city on April 19, he said."He will be overseeing the last five
phases of polls and directly report to the Election Commission in New Delhi on
a daily basis," the official said.Nayak, a 1984-batch IAS officer, had
retired last year.
The EC had
earlier appointed Vivek Dubey as a special police observer for the state. Two
Lok Sabha seats - Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - witnessed polling on April 11,
while the rest of the 40 constituencies will go to polls in six phases.
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