MUMBAI: According to an official comminique, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has appointed additional chief secretary (home) Iqbal Singh Chahal as the observer for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections
The polls are scheduled to be held on January 15 and counting of votes will be done on January 16.
An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1989 batch, Iqbal Chahal previously served as the BMC commissioner for nearly four years beginning May 2020.
With the BMC polls 2026 going to be a tightly contested election in Mumbai, the SEC also appointed three additional collectors as assistant observers to strengthen oversight during the election process, the Hindustan Times reported.
The SEC simultaneously named other IAS officers as observers for the remaining 28 municipal corporations across Maharashtra that are going to polls.
In Thane, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) chief executive officer P Velarasu, a former Thane collector, has been appointed special observer.
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