The Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to visit Bihar on October 4-5 to review preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly polls in the State.

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi are expected to be in Patna, where they will hold meetings with the Chief Electoral Officer and other State officials.

Before the visit, a meeting of Observers — General, Police, and Expenditure — appointed by the commission for the Bihar elections is scheduled to be held in the national capital on October 3, a senior official told The Hindu .

As a practice, election dates are announced after the visit of the full ECI to a State. Thus, the schedule for the Bihar polls is likely to be announced any time after October 5. The entire

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