Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- An Election Commission of India (ECI) team conducted a review of poll preparedness for simultaneous elections to both the Lok Sabha and the Odisha Assembly at Bhubaneswar.

The ECI held a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Arun Goel. The ECI team reviewed the poll preparedness of District Election Officers (DEOs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs).

The ECI also met party leaders from the Biju Janata Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party while on their visit.

"It is the usual process of the Election Commission of India to go round the state before a large election which is happening in this case happening simultaneously with Lok Sabha and the elections in the state o...