Last Thursday, December 23, the Allahabad high court stated that if possible, the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, that are expected to be held in February-early March, could be postponed by a couple of months because of the Omicron threat.
The decision to schedule/postpone the UP election will be taken by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey who stoked a controversy by meeting a senior official at the prime minister's office this month, raising questions about the Election Commission of India's independence.
Please click on the image to view Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra during his three-day visit to review arrangements for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections at Yojna Bhawan in Lucknow, December 28, 2021.
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