Election Commission of India (ECI) Sunday said that bypoll to the Nuapada Assembly segment in Odisha will likely be held along with the upcoming Bihar elections.

In a press statement, the ECI announced the deployment of 470 officers from various states as central observers — general, police and expenditure — for the Bihar assembly polls and the by-elections in seven states, including Odisha’s Nuapada segment.

The observers work under the superintendence, control and discipline of the commission from their appointment to the completion of the election process, the statement read.

They would act as eyes and ears of the commission and keep reporting to the panel periodically and on a need basis, it said.

The by-election to the Nuapada Assembly constituency was necessitated due to the demi

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