Chandigarh : A delegation of the Election Fee of India (ECI) on Wednesday carried out a district-wise assessment of ballot preparedness for the 2027 Punjab Meeting elections. The ECI delegation comprised Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma, Deputy Election Commissioner Bhanu Prakash Yeturu, Director Basic (IT) Seema Khanna, and Director Basic (Media) Ashish Goyal.
Throughout the assembly, the delegation held detailed interactions with all 23 District Election Officers, Commissioners of Police, and Senior Superintendents of Police, who delivered complete displays detailing the standing of election readiness of their respective districts.
The visiting officers emphasised strict compliance with ECI pointers, full transparency in administrative processes, well timed execution of pre-poll actions, and strong enforcement measures throughout the state. Reassuring the delegation, the Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab affirmed that every one election-related duties could be executed diligently and inside stipulated timelines, adhering strictly to the directions of the Election Fee to
assure free, honest, clear, and inclusive polls.
Earlier, Hardev Singh Ubha, Senior Chief, Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP), Punjab, met Harjit Singh Grewal, Chairman of the Nationwide Fee for Minorities, on the Fee’s workplace in New Delhi and raised a number of vital public points regarding Punjab and Mohali.
Throughout the assembly, Ubha highlighted issues referring to drug abuse and the alleged demise of a younger man in Mansa, recurring fires on the Section 5 dumping floor in Mohali, the dearth of canal water provide in a number of residential areas and villages, honest compensation for farmers affected by land acquisition in Sector 87, and the extended delay within the building of a bridge connecting Sectors 66/67 with Sectors 80/81.
He requested that these issues be delivered to the eye of the involved authorities for applicable intervention and well timed decision within the public curiosity. He raised the problem of the tragic demise of Daljit Singh alias Jeeta, son of Sardar Jarnail Singh and a resident of Village Bhamme Kalan, District Mansa, allegedly as a result of a drug overdose, through the assembly.
