Report by Tanya Singh:
Election Commission will announce poll dates for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry later today.The announcement will be made via press conference at 4:30pm.
Polls are to be held for 294 seats in West Bengal, 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, 140 seats in Kerala, 126 seats in Assam and 30 seats in the Union Territory of Puducherry. The announcement comes a day after the poll body held a meeting to finalize the election dates. The counting day for all 5 states is May 19,” chief election commissioner Nasim Zaidi said during a press conference.
He was accompanied by election commissioners AK Joti and Om Prakash Rawat. The terms of these five assemblies will end in April and May. The Model Code of Conduct will be enforced with immediate effect and the governments of the poll-bound states as well as the Centre would not be able to announce any new schemes or programmed that may influence the voters.