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The Gujarat Election Commission has postponed the municipal and panchayat elections as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
The elections for native our bodies of self-governance together with six municipal firms, 55 municipalities, 31 district and 231 taluka panchayats had been scheduled to be held in November.
After taking inventory of the pandemic state of affairs, the Commission has introduced that the polls can be postponed for three months.
Now, the elections for civic our bodies of Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar and the district panchayats will probably be held in 2021.
Even after three months, the Commission would overview the state of affairs and can resolve whether or not to additional delay the polls or maintain them.
According to sources, the federal government is more likely to appoint directors for the native our bodies as soon as the time period of their elected wings is over.
“It is not possible to hold the local elections because the entire machinery is involved in handling the pandemic,” a State authorities official stated.
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