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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi writes to ECI, demands polling be postponed
Updated On: 15 January, 2022 10:41 PM IST | Chandigarh | PTI
Channi has urged EC to postpone the February 14 assembly polls by six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti
Charanjit Singh Channi. File Pic/Pallav Paliwal
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the February 14 assembly polls by six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti.
Voting for Punjab`s 117 assembly seats will be held on February 14 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10. In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Channi wrote that it was brought to his notice by some representatives of the Scheduled Castes community, which contributes around 32 per cent of the state`s population, that the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas falls on February 16.
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