Panaji: Municipal polls - Cabinet to suggest three dates


Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Feb 16: The state cabinet is likely to decide the dates for the upcoming municipal elections and recommend the same to the state elecion commission (SEC). The SEC has proposed that the polls be held in the last week of March.

"The state cabinet will discuss and recommend three dates to the SEC," chief minister Pramod Sawant said.

Excluding Ponda, Sakhali, and the corporation of the City of Panaji, elections in all 11 municipalities are likely to be held along with by-elections to village panchayats and ZPs.

The SEC is awaiting the cabinet's decision on announcing the poll dates. Sources say that BJP is in favour of holding the elections mid-March.

  

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