Morbi among reasons why Guj polls late: EC

November 03, 2022 14:47

The Election Commission on Thursday said that there were "multiple factors" leading to the delay in the announcement of the Gujarat Assembly polls, adding that the recent Morbi bridge collapse tragedy was one of them.

The Gujarat Assembly elections are all set to take place in two phases on December 1 and 5, the results of which will be declared on December 8, which will coincide with that of the Himachal Pradesh polling outcome.

Addressing a press conference to make the announcement of the polling dates, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, "There were multiple factors behind this.

Recently a very tragic incident occurred there (Morbi bridge collapse)- one of the reasons why we delayed. Also, there was state mourning in the state yesterday; so multiple factors.

"When asked about the recent tweet by the Congress party stating, "The Election Commission of India is an autonomous institution. It conducts fair elections", Kumar said that the people who are critical also got surprising results. -- PTI

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