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Officials of the EC will hold a press conference at 3.30 pm IST to announce the schedule of the elections.
India’s Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule of the assembly elections in the states of Maharashtra and Jharkhand later on Tuesday (Oct 15), the news agency ANI reported.
Officials of the EC will hold a press conference at 3.30 pm IST to announce the schedule of the elections.
The term of the 288-seat assembly in Maharashtra would end on November 26, which means that the elections would have to be held before this date. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the term of the 81-seat assembly would end on January 5 next year.
JMM to contest all seats in Jharkhand assembly polls: CM Soren
On Monday, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that his party- the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)- would contest all 81 seats in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.
“I participated in the JMM central committee meeting today along with all other workers and executive committee members. We reviewed our election preparedness and we are confident of winning the assembly elections. The JMM-led alliance will contest all the 81 seats,” Chief Minister Soren told reporters after attending a central committee meeting of the JMM.
He said unlike the opposition BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), the JMM-led alliance does not believe in making only announcements as it executed several welfare schemes.
(With inputs from agencies)
