Earlier, Bahujan Samaj Party’s Punjab chief Jasvir Singh Garhi had demanded the Election Commission to hold elections between February 14 and February 20.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the February 14 assembly elections by six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti.
Voting for 117 assembly seats in Punjab will be held on February 14 and counting of votes will be held on March 10.
In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Channi wrote that this was brought to his notice by some representatives of the Scheduled Caste community, which contributes about 32 per cent of the state’s population, on February 16, the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas. It falls. ,
Channi wrote, a large number of scheduled caste devotees (about 20 lakhs) from the state are expected to come to Banaras in Uttar Pradesh between February 10 and 16 on this occasion.
“In such a situation many people from this community will not be able to vote for the state assembly, which is otherwise their constitutional right,” he said in the letter dated January 13.
“They have requested that the date of polling may be extended in such a way that they can go to Banaras from February 10 to February 16 and participate in the assembly elections as well,” he said.
Channi said, “It is considered appropriate and appropriate that the polling for the 2022 Punjab Assembly Elections may be postponed for at least six days, allowing about 20 lakh people to exercise their right to vote for the State Assembly.” “
Earlier, Bahujan Samaj Party’s Punjab chief Jasvir Singh Garhi had demanded the Election Commission to hold elections between February 14 and February 20.
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