He was also accompanied by Additional Director General (ADG) Kumar Vishwajeet.
The Chief Secretary and the DGP were reportedly summoned to appear at the ECI headquarters in the national capital and explain the reasons for the failure to prevent violence on polling day and after polling.
He has been asked to explain why the administration failed to take precautionary measures to stop the violence.
The Election Commission has taken a serious view of the incidents of violence during the simultaneous elections to the State Assembly and Lok Sabha.
Several incidents of post-poll violence also took place in the last two days.
The ECI is reportedly unhappy with top officials for failing to take adequate measures to prevent violence despite intelligence reports about the possibility of violence.
Violence was reported from Macherla, Narasaraopet, Chandragiri and Tadipatra constituencies.
The Chief Secretary and DGP have also been asked to explain about the steps taken after the violence to prevent recurrence of violence as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the general elections is still in force, and the ECI has asked top officials. It has been said to ensure that such incidents do not happen. Not repeated.
Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena said that the Election Commission has directed to register cases and arrest all those who damage EVMs during voting.
It also ordered action against police officials and other election staff who were deliberately negligent in their duties.
Following the ECI summons, the Chief Secretary met the DGP and ADG Intelligence to review the situation and take precautionary measures to prevent further violence.
The Chief Secretary and the DGP were reportedly summoned to appear at the ECI headquarters in the national capital and explain the reasons for the failure to prevent violence on polling day and after polling.
He has been asked to explain why the administration failed to take precautionary measures to stop the violence.
The Election Commission has taken a serious view of the incidents of violence during the simultaneous elections to the State Assembly and Lok Sabha.
Several incidents of post-poll violence also took place in the last two days.
The ECI is reportedly unhappy with top officials for failing to take adequate measures to prevent violence despite intelligence reports about the possibility of violence.
Violence was reported from Macherla, Narasaraopet, Chandragiri and Tadipatra constituencies.
The Chief Secretary and DGP have also been asked to explain about the steps taken after the violence to prevent recurrence of violence as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the general elections is still in force, and the ECI has asked top officials. It has been said to ensure that such incidents do not happen. Not repeated.
Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena said that the Election Commission has directed to register cases and arrest all those who damage EVMs during voting.
It also ordered action against police officials and other election staff who were deliberately negligent in their duties.
Following the ECI summons, the Chief Secretary met the DGP and ADG Intelligence to review the situation and take precautionary measures to prevent further violence.
