The Election Commission on Thursday said notification for the February 14 polls covering 55 assembly segments in nine districts of Rohilkhand region in Uttar Pradesh will be issued on Friday.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra will hold a series of virtual meetings on Saturday with the Health Secretary, Chief Secretary, and Chief Electoral Officers of five poll-bound states before taking a call on holding poll rallies and roadshows, said sources.
All election officials and employees will be considered under the ambit of frontline workers and all eligible officers will be vaccinated against COVID-19 with ‘precautionary dose’, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said on Saturday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced seven-phase election to Uttar Pradesh assembly from February 10 to March 7.
A total of 18.34 crore electors including service voters will take part in the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission of India (ECI) informed on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Thursday, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that there would be no delay in conducting the upcoming assembly polls in the state. Full Story on Dynamite News
Sushil Chandra assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Tuesday.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora cast his vote at Nirman Bhawan polling booth, which is also a pink booth, on Sunday.
Chandra a 1980 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) had joined as Chairperson of CBDT in November 2016, replacing Rani Singh Nair.
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