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The Election Commission has appointed former Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V Nayak as special observer for West Bengal.
Kolkata: The Election Commission has appointed former Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V Nayak as special observer for West Bengal, a senior official said here on Wednesday.
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Nayak may reach the city on April 19, he said.
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"He will be overseeing the last five phases of polls and directly report to the Election Commission in New Delhi on a daily basis," the official said.
Nayak, a 1984-batch IAS officer, had retired last year.
The EC had earlier appointed Vivek Dubey as a special police observer for the state.
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Two Lok Sabha seats - Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - witnessed polling on April 11, while the rest of the 40 constituencies will go to polls in six phases.(PTI)