Assam poll schedule to factor in Bihu: CEC

Guwahati: Chief predetermination commissioner Gyanesh Kumar connected Wednesday said peculiar revision (SR) of Assam's electoral rotation was a ineligible workout to region ineligible voters, portion signalling that the state's predetermination docket would beryllium framed astir Rongali Bihu aft parties sought polls earlier the mid-April festival. The CEC said SR was done to "include each eligible electors and exclude each ineligible electors", dismissing disapproval arsenic governmental sound that cannot change a statutory process. EC finished a three-day sojourn to Assam, with the afloat seat led by Kumar and predetermination commissioners SS Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi gathering with governmental parties and reviewing preparedness. On SR additions and deletions, Kumar said officers "performed well..."