"The issue of notification will be on Nov 7 and will end on Nov 14. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is Nov 19. Voting for the polls will be on December 4 and the results will be announced on December 7," said Vijay Dev.
After Congress attacks the Election Commission of India (ECI) for separately announcing the dates of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh polls, BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said that the grand old party had started making excuses to deny defeat even before the elections.
The Gujarat Assembly elections are all set to take place in two phases on December 1 and 5, the results of which will be declared on December 8, which will coincide with that of the Himachal Pradesh polling outcome.
"First phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat to be held on 1st December & second phase on 5th December; counting of votes to be done on 8th December," Rajiv Kumar said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) requested the Election Commission to take stringent action against Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy and his henchmen to ensure a fair and free polling process in Munugode bypolls.
Speaking about the forthcoming assembly elections, Yechury said that with the Election Commission delinking the announcement of election schedules of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, "the BJP has got the advantage of more time before the Model Code of Conduct comes into effect in Gujarat".
Political activity is gaining momentum in Nepal as November 20 elections to Federal Parliament and all the seven provincial legislatures draw closer, reported policy research group, Poreg.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that social media platforms do self-proclaim that they have content display policies but they also have the "algorithm power" in play. "More early or deeper red flagging of fake news based on known modus operandi and genres.
A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi sought response from the government and Election Commission of India on plea challenging Section 62(5) of the Representation of People Act which deprives prisoners their right to vote.
The Election Commission of India is hosting a two-day international conference on the theme 'Role, Framework and Capacity of Election Management Bodies' at New Delhi. The ECI leads the Cohort on Election Integrity - which was established as a follow-on to the 'Summit for Democracy' held in D