Pradeep PareekDimapur: The Election Commission began the process for Assembly polls in Nagaland, scheduled for February 27, on Wednesday with a notification. The poll process has to be finished within March 5 as the tenure of the present 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly will end on March 13. The Nagaland BJP has since met twice - at Kohima till midnight on Tuesday and at Dimapur on Wednesday morning. The state BJP seems to be caught in a Catch-22 situation. Nagaland chief electoral officer Abhijit Sinha said on Tuesday that they were fully prepared to conduct the polls despite several Naga civil society groups and political parties seeking its deferment.

Source: The Telegraph January 31, 2018 21:11 UTC