EC Removes 3 Election Observers for Misconduct in MP, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram

The Election Commission on Friday removed three poll observers from duty for “misconduct” and violation of the code of ethics, sources said.

The action was taken against two general observers deployed in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and an expenditure observer in Mizoram, they said.

In place of IAS officer Laltinkhuma Franklin in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewara assembly constituency, Anurag Patel, another IAS officer, has been deployed as general observer.