New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has decided to reschedule the General Elections to Legislative Assembly of Punjab in the following manner:
1. Date of Notification: January 25, 2022 (Tuesday)
2. Last date of Nomination: February 1, 2022 (Tuesday)
3. Date of Scrutiny: February 2, 2022 (Wednesday)
4. Date of Withdrawal: February 4, 2022 (Friday)
5. Date of Poll: February 20, 2022 (Sunday)
6. Counting of Votes will be taken up on March 10, 2022 (Thursday)
Earlier, the ECI had declared that polling would take place on February 14, 2022 in Punjab.
However, the ECI rescheduled the election in the state after it received several representations from State Government, political parties and other organizations drawing attention regarding movement of a large number of devotees from Punjab to Varanasi for participation in Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Jayanti celebrations, which is observed on February 16, 2022.
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“They have also brought to the notice that a large number of devotees start moving for Varanasi around a week before the day of celebration and keeping the poll day on February 14, 2022 will deprive large number of electors from voting. In view of this, they have requested to shift the poll datze few days after 16th February 2022. Commission has also taken inputs from State Government and Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab in this regard.
– global bihari bureau
