CEC Rajiv Kumar says, "Everything is in place. The... ... Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: TN records 63.20% of polling as of 5 PM

CEC Rajiv Kumar says, "Everything is in place. The preparations started actually two years back and a wide range of preparations. So, it's from preparing the voter list, to preparing polling stations, finding their routes, how to reach their deployment of forces, finding out vulnerable booths and then creating amenities at the booths...So, it's a tremendous exercise started over two years back.

Also, the great technological interventions which are there. So, everything is prepared over roughly 1.86 lakh polling stations to go on the first phase of polling with around 16.86 crore voters. So, everything is set. It is now for voters to come and vote in large numbers on every polling station."