Guwahati: The Election Commission is all set to announce the dates for the upcoming Assembly elections and will hold a meeting with health officials today.
The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the schedule for Assembly elections to Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh will all go into elections in the coming months as confirmed earlier by the EC. The decision to announce the dates comes amid surge in COVID-19 cases.
The ECI said it will hold a press conference at 3.30 p.m. in Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan.
However, this is the second major set of elections to be held in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
The EC will meet with officials from the health ministry ahead of the next assembly elections.
Over the next two days, the EC is expected to meet with the ministry to examine the procedures to be followed during the next assembly elections.
The EC is now holding discussions with a number of stakeholders from the five poll-bound states in order to assess readiness for the elections, which are set to take place in the coming months.