Team News Riveting
Jaipur, October 11
People in Rajasthan prefers to attend feast rather than joining the festival of democracy forcing the Election Commission of India to revise the polling date in the election-bound state.
On Monday, the Election Commission of India had announced the dates for the assembly elections due in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana. According to the schedule, Rajasthan was scheduled to go for the elections on November 23 in a single phase.
“The polling dates for the Rajasthan Assembly Elections have been revised due to a “wedding rush”,” the Election Commission of India (ECI) said. The electorate will now exercise franchise two days later on November 25.
Representations were received by the Election Commission from various political parties, including Jodhpur BJP MP PP Chaudhary, social organisations, and several media platforms to change the date of the poll considering a large-scale wedding or social engagement on that day, commission said in a statement.
The wedding rush may cause inconvenience to a large number of people, causing various logistical issues and leading to reduced voter participation in the poll, it added. The Commission, having considered these factors and representations, decided to change the date of polls from November 23 to November 25, it added.
Chaudhary claimed that over 50,000 weddings are planned for November 23.
However, votes polled will be counted as scheduled on December 3, along with the four other states that will go to polls next month.
