Photo: MintNew Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is likely to announce the poll schedule for assembly elections in the state of Gujarat on Wednesday. This comes after the EC was questioned by opposition parties for its delay in announcing dates for election in Gujarat. The term of the 182-member Gujarat Assembly gets over on 23 January next year. Joti had defended the decision of announcing Himachal Pradesh’s poll schedule before that of Gujarat, saying that multiple factors including the weather, flood relief work and festivities were considered before taking a call on election dates. The CEC had said while the Gujarat and Himachal polls were announced together in 2012, their schedules were different.

Source: Mint October 24, 2017 15:56 UTC