<p>The Election Commission (EC) has postponed its visit to Jammu and Kashmir where it was scheduled to review the poll preparedness for the third and fourth phase of polls.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources told Deccan Herald that the team headed by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath was scheduled to hold threadbare discussion with representatives of recognised political parties and civil administration during their day-long visit on Saturday. But after the deadly militant attacks, the EC decided to postpone its visit due to security reasons, they said.<br /><br />“The CEC will now hold the meeting with representatives of recognised political parties and civil administration through video conferencing,” the sources added.<br /><br />The state Information Department which had earlier sent a invitation to accredited journalists to cover the event, shot an email informing that press briefing by the Election Commission on Saturday at 2:30 pm stood postponed till further notice. <br /><br />The EC visit before the elections in 32 Assembly segments of Kashmir on December 9 and 14 was seen as significant given that holding of polls in these constituencies after militancy erupted in Kashmir has been a tough task for the civil and security establishments.</p>
<p>The Election Commission (EC) has postponed its visit to Jammu and Kashmir where it was scheduled to review the poll preparedness for the third and fourth phase of polls.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources told Deccan Herald that the team headed by Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath was scheduled to hold threadbare discussion with representatives of recognised political parties and civil administration during their day-long visit on Saturday. But after the deadly militant attacks, the EC decided to postpone its visit due to security reasons, they said.<br /><br />“The CEC will now hold the meeting with representatives of recognised political parties and civil administration through video conferencing,” the sources added.<br /><br />The state Information Department which had earlier sent a invitation to accredited journalists to cover the event, shot an email informing that press briefing by the Election Commission on Saturday at 2:30 pm stood postponed till further notice. <br /><br />The EC visit before the elections in 32 Assembly segments of Kashmir on December 9 and 14 was seen as significant given that holding of polls in these constituencies after militancy erupted in Kashmir has been a tough task for the civil and security establishments.</p>
