IAS probationers

A group of 90 A group of 90 IAS probationers will criss-cross Uttar Pradesh during the upcoming Assembly elections to gain first-hand experience in conducting polls. The Election Commission has agreed to a request in this regard from the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, which imparts training to IAS probationers, poll panel sources said. The young probationers will tour several districts that will go to polls in the first phase of the assembly elections on April seven to get experience in the management of elections. The Election Commission is deploying over 500 senior IAS officers as observers for the conduct of elections to the 403-member House.