What are the step taken to election coundected in free and fair election recently?
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To this end, the Chief Election Commissioner, alongwith Election Commissioner, Shri B.B. Tandon, and accompanied by a team of Election Commission officials, had visited both Jammu and Srinagar and held detailed discussions with representatives of all recognised political parties in J&K State, members of the press and the concerned officials, including Deputy Commissioners of districts, in March, 2002. Thereafter, officials from the Commission have been making visits to the State every month to observe on ground that the directives of the Commission are actually being followed and implemented. The last important visit took place towards the end of May, when Election Commissioner, Shri T.S. Krishna Murthy, along with the concerned Secretary in the Election Commission dealing with the J&K State, went to Srinagar.