On the day Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar conducted meetings with the state’s top bureaucrats and police officers, the Election Commission of India pointed out that the state government hadn’t furnished the compliance report of transfers/postings that it had asked to carry out ahead of the Assembly elections.  

In a letter addressed to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sujata Saunik, the Commission asked for an urgent compliance report because it was not furnished by August 20 as directed before. It said the report was pending despite directions dated July 31 and reminders in August and September.