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Protest sites in Delhi 'under watch' ahead of election day: Poll observers tell EC
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Protesters from Shaheen Bagh hold placards as they take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law (AFP Photo)
Protesters from Shaheen Bagh hold placards as they take part in a demonstration against India's new citizenship law (AFP Photo)

Protest sites in the national capital are "under watch" to ensure that polling personnel or voters face no obstruction on the election day, observers deployed for the February 8 Delhi polls told the Election Commission on Monday.

At a review meeting on poll preparedness chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, the observers assured the poll panel that preparations are progressing as per schedule and gaining momentum, an official statement said.

They also told the commission that adequate deployment of police force and companies of central armed police forces is being made and "protest sites are under watch to ensure that no obstructions for polling personnel or voters would hamper movement on February 8," it stated.

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(Published 03 February 2020, 21:59 IST)