It is the mandate of the EC to deliver a duly elected Assembly before the expiry of its term. Asked whether the panel would hold talks with the parties, Rawat, who took charge as CEC last month, said: "We are not concerned. Under the Representation of the People Act, the poll panel has to notify fresh elections if no nominations are filed. The BJP, whose Prime Minister Narendra Modi had signed the 2015 accord, has suspended two state party leaders who had signed the boycott declaration. #The Nagaland uncertainty has come in a week when Modi reiterated his call for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.

Source: The Telegraph February 02, 2018 22:18 UTC