Polling for Punjab Assembly elections postponed to Feb 20
The Hindu
CM had asked for poll date to be moved from Feb 14 due to Ravidas Jayanti
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday postponed polling for the Punjab Assembly elections from February 14 to 20, after the State government and political parties raised concerns that many devotees would make their way to Varanasi to celebrate Guru Ravidas’s birth anniversary on February 16.
The representations to the ECI said many devotees started going to Varanasi a week before the celebrations and holding polling on February 14 would deprive them of the chance to vote. In a press statement, the ECI said it had decided to reschedule the poll.
The date of notification will be on January 25, while the last date of nomination will be February 2. The applications will be scrutinised on February 2, while the last date of withdrawal of application is February 4.
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