Civic,panchayat polls may be advanced

The government is contemplating to prepone civic and panchayat elections,which are currently scheduled for October 25.

The government is contemplating to prepone civic and panchayat elections,which are currently scheduled for October 25. The election notification may be issued in the third week of this month,according to sources.

State Election Commissioner K C Kapoor,told The Indian Express that nothing has been decided as yet. It has to be after the State Election Commission takes a view in consultation with the government,which is to facilitate the elections, he said.

He added that it was for the government to decide on election dates and accordingly the election machinery will gear up for its conduct.

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Daskroi MLA Babu Jamnadas Patel said the polls could be held around Navratri,which begins on October 8. Going by this,the elections might be held nearly 15 days ahead of the scheduled date.

Also,a Congress member of the Ahmedabad district panchayat said that talks about holding early election were going on in the government. The speed at which Garib Kalyan Melas are being lined up to meet the target of 300 melas in a month indicates that BJP wants to get the maximum benefit out of these welfare events across Gujarat. It will be in the interest of the ruling BJP if the poll notification is issued at the end of the Garib Kalyan Mela campaign, said a district Congress leader.

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