New Delhi: Poll dates for the Bihar assembly elections are likely to be announced by the Election Commission (EC) today.
A commission release in New Delhi said a press conference will be convened at 2.30 pm. Though the release does not mention the issue, sources said poll watchdog will announce the Bihar poll schedule.
From the day of the announcement to the first notification, EC usually keeps a gap of three weeks. But the gap could also be four weeks -- which is the outer limit.
While there was no word on the number of phases, EC feels that since Bihar is a 'stand alone' election, availability of central forces would not be a problem.
The term of the 243-member Bihar Assembly comes to an end on November 29.
After ruling the state for ten years, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is seeking a third term this time in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD and the Congress after he walked out of the National Democratic Alliance or NDA in June, 2013 snapping 17-year-old ties with the BJP.
The BJP, which had almost swept the state in the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP and Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP, is hoping to repeat its performance.
A commission release in New Delhi said a press conference will be convened at 2.30 pm. Though the release does not mention the issue, sources said poll watchdog will announce the Bihar poll schedule.
From the day of the announcement to the first notification, EC usually keeps a gap of three weeks. But the gap could also be four weeks -- which is the outer limit.
The term of the 243-member Bihar Assembly comes to an end on November 29.
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The BJP, which had almost swept the state in the Lok Sabha polls in alliance with Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP and Upendra Kushwaha's RLSP, is hoping to repeat its performance.
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