The EC has been under attack from Opposition parties for not having announced the dates for Gujarat Assembly elections along with Himachal Pradesh. Filemore-inAmid the row over the “delay” in declaring the Gujarat Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce the schedule for a two-phase poll in the State on Wednesday, officials said on Tuesday. The term of the 182-member Gujarat Assembly gets over on January 23 next year. The EC has been under attack from Opposition parties for not having announced the dates for Gujarat Assembly elections along with Himachal Pradesh. The CEC had said while the Gujarat and Himachal polls were announced together in 2012, their schedules were different.

Source: The Hindu October 25, 2017 02:26 UTC