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Amid COVID-19 scare, the Election Commission on Tuesday (April 20) announced training dates for Bihar panchayat elections.
After Uttar Pradesh, preparations for the panchayat elections in Bihar have started.
Patna: Amid COVID-19 scare, the Election Commission on Tuesday (April 20) announced training dates for Bihar panchayat elections. After Uttar Pradesh, preparations for the panchayat elections in Bihar have started.
While the country is fighting the deadly spread of COVID-19 infections, the EC is once again gearing up for another set of panchayat elections.
The authorities have decided that the Bihar Panchayat elections will be conducted with single post EVM and not the multi-post.
Row over EVM use in Bihar panchayat polls When the state election commission approached Patna High Court on the issue, it had suggested the two constitutional bodies sort out the matter in a mutual manner
Bihar appears to be heading towards a constitutional crisis as elections to the three-tier panchayati raj system are likely to miss the deadline for completion because the Election Commission and the state poll panel are at loggerheads over the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) in the polls.
When the state election commission approached Patna High Court on the issue, it had suggested the two constitutional bodies sort out the matter in a mutual manner instead of contesting each other in front of the judiciary.