New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday announced that the first phase of Assembly Election in Uttar Pradesh will not take place on February 4 as scheduled.
The change has been announced due to Barawafat festival - the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad. EC will announce the revised schedule separately.
EC issued a statement that read, "The Commission has today decided that the notification for 60 ACs going for poll on February 4, 2012 shall not be issued on January 10. This is due to uncertainty about the date of 'Barawafat' festival which may also fall on February 4, 2012. The revised schedule for 1st phase ACs (60 ACs) will be announced by the Commission separately."
The poll panel said the law and order enforcing agencies and District Election Officers of the state had also referred to the possibility of the Barawafat festival coinciding with the with the first phase of polls, during the Commission's two-day review meeting in Lucknow last week.
"The law and order enforcing agencies and DEOs of Uttar Pradesh also raised this point during Commission's review meeting at Lucknow on January 6 and 7. The revised schedule for 1 st phase ACs (60 ACs) will be announced by the Commission separately," it said.
The Commission also requested Governor of Uttar Pradesh not to issue the notification for 1st Phase scheduled to be notified on January 10.
According to the earlier announcement, the Uttar Pradesh elections was scheduled for seven phases between February 4 and 28.
With Additional Inputs from PTI
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