Election commission announced dates for Assembly elections in the state of Gujarat
Election commission announced dates for Assembly elections in the state of Gujarat
The declaration election dates immediately bring the model code of conduct into force and prevents ruling party from announcing lollypops, soaps and free schemes for votes to attract them.
Election Commission of India made a mistake by not announcing election dates earlier breaking norm which gave more time for BJP government, under fire from Congress and Rahul Gandhi finally now Election Commission announced the dates for Assembly elections in the state of Gujarat
The commission was criticized for the late announcement, which came 13 days after the poll dates for the state of Himachal Pradesh were released.
late announcement of poll dates has given ruling party BJP a way to sidestep the Model Code of Conduct, which effectively prevents the sitting government from announcing projects that could sway voters in their favor.
Election commission announced dates for Assembly elections in the state of Gujarat
Assembly elections in the state of Gujarat will take place in December, the Election Commission of India has announced.
The polls will be held in two phases, with the first on 9 December followed by another one in 14 December.
The two-phase polling period will be followed by the counting of votes which will take place on 18 December.
As Election commission failed to announce the dates the delay has been used by the BJP government to announce projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore and close to two dozen measures for various groups.
BJP government got chance it announced following measures schemes to increase their vote share
1-0% interest loan for farmers,
2-toll waiver,
3-salary hike for teachers and municipality employees,
4-Diwali bonus for class IV employees
5-withdrawal of cases against 326 Patidars registered during the Patel quota stir
Before the announcement of election dates Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel announced several measures aimed at placating individual constituencies as well as amplifying BJP's development plank.
He made following announcement got the Chance only become of Election Commission of India 1-The announcements — 50% hike in incentive-based payments to 43,000 ASHA health workers
2-benefits for contract workers
3-relief for farmers using drip irrigation,
4-clearing the second phase of Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro at a cost of Rs 6,700 crore
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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