Will Elections Be Delayed For Punjab? A Decision Is Likely Today

New Delhi: Whether the gathering political decision in Punjab can be deferred as mentioned by heads of a few ideological groups will be talked about at a gathering of the Election Commission today, sources have said. The Election Commission is probably going to report its choice on this matter around early afternoon, individuals with direct information on the matter said, asking not to be named.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in a letter to the Election Commission recommended the get together surveys on February 14 ought to be conceded by no less than six days figuring in Guru Ravidas Jayanti.

In the letter, Mr Channi said agents of the Scheduled Castes people group, which includes 32% of Punjab’s populace, have let him know that an enormous number of individuals from the local area would “visit Banaras in Uttar Pradesh from February 10 to 16” thus will most likely be unable to cast a ballot. The birth commemoration of Guru Ravidas is on February 16.

“In such a circumstance, many individuals from this local area would not have the option to project their decisions in favor of the state gathering, which is in any case their sacred right,” Mr Channi said in the letter on January 13. “They have mentioned that the democratic date might be reached out so that they can visit Banaras from February 10 to February 16 as likewise partake in the get together decisions,” he said.