Kolkata, April 4 -- In efforts to ensure smooth and secure conduct of the upcoming Assembly elections, West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal will begin a series of district visits from Saturday to review poll preparedness and security arrangements on the ground.
It comes a couple of days after Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar expressed strong reservations over the handling of certain situation by the district administration in recent times.
Kumar, during a virtual meeting with the state and district administration, had come down heavily on the SP of Malda and DG Siddhinath Gupta over the Malda incident where seven judicial officers were held captive for more than six hours.
According to Election Commission so...