New Delhi: The Election Commission will meet on Monday to discuss preparations for the Delhi Assembly elections and the date for the one-day election to the 70-member Assembly is likely to be announced today. The elections are expected to be held in mid-February.
The schedule for the election, sources said, will be fine-tuned to ensure that it is completed in the second week of February or at best the third week and does not come in the way of annual examinations, including those conducted by the CBSE which will commence on March 2.
Since Delhi is the only state going to polls now, the availability of central paramilitary forces will not be a problem, the sources said, adding that about 100 CMPF companies may be enough for free and fair conduct of election.
Delhi also does not have history of violence or booth-capturing that has been witnessed in the states in the past.
(With additional information from PTI)
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