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During Nayanar government's tenure Meena was transferred and subsequently suspended. In Karunakaran's rule, adverse remarks were written on his CR (Confidential Report) regarding efficiency in service.
Meena, however, expressed his disappointment with AK Antony, who was the CM thrice.
The Collectors of six Kerala districts too have been replaced.
The retrenched data operators, appointed through Keltron to handle the details of voters, had been located in the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Thiruvananthapuram.
The development comes following the growing criticism against the Election Commission for conducting Assembly polls amid the pandemic. Many believe the recent surge is a fallout of unrestricted gatherings.
The EC expects this will help poll officials to announce the results much faster than previous election by following all safety protocols imposed due to the pandemic.
COVID-19 protocol would be in place in all the booths. Body temperature would be checked before allowing the voter in the booth. Those with above normal temperature would be asked to wait before they would be checked again.
Those voters whose names have been duplicated in the list will be under surveillance on polling day.
The revelations point to serious lapses on the part of the officials as no one else can manipulate the electoral rolls.
Three separate queues will be there in each polling booth; men, women and elderly people/differently abled.