The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday transferred Coimbatore District Collector Rajam and the city commissioner of police Sumit Sharan to non-election posts ahead of the assembly election in Tamil Nadu.
According to the press release, it also directed the state government to appoint IAS officer S Nagarajan as the new District Collector.
The assembly elections in Tamil Nadu will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on May 2. Polls will be held for 234 seats in the state with the Congress-DMK and BJP-AIADMK alliance being the major groups contesting against each other.
( With inputs from ANI )
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