Assembly elections are going to be held in 5 states and results will come on 5 December. Before this, Election Commission of India (ECI) is continuously issuing orders for transfers and postings in these election bound states.
Now, ECI has appointed 20 IAS and 10 IPS officers of Himachal Pradesh cadre for election duty in assembly poll-bound states, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram and Rajasthan.
The elections are scheduled in these states between November 7 and 30.
ECI has summoned these officers with deployment dates staggered over the next three to four days.
Consequently, they will be away from the state for nearly a month, with their duties set to be assigned to other officials.
Key officials, including Priyatu Mandal and C Palrasu, have been assigned election duties.
Priyatu Mandal, in-charge of the panchayati raj and rural development department, is dealing with the ongoing strike by over 4,700 zila parishad employees. The same department director, Rigved Milind Thakur, has also been deployed for election duty.
