A source in the poll panel confirmed that cabinet secretary P.K. Sinha had replied today on behalf of the government but did not elaborate. Uttarakhand votes on February 15, while the elections in Manipur get under way on March 4. Asked what the Centre had said in its reply to the poll panel, A.P. Frank Noronha, the director-general of the Press Information Bureau, the government's media arm, sent a text message saying, "No idea."

Source: The Telegraph January 10, 2017 22:25 UTC