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Accepting a demand by the state government and various political parties, the Election Commission (EC), on Monday, decided to hold the single-phase assembly polls in Punjab on February 20 instead of February 14 in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti.
Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, BJP and its allies, the BSP and other organisations had urged the poll panel to postpone the date of voting as lakhs of followers of Guru Ravidas travel to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate his birth anniversary on February 16.
In a statement, the Commission said polls would now be held on February 20. It coincides
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