The Election Commission of Arunachal Pradesh has decided to temporarily stop the municipal and panchayat elections. Officials gave this information on Saturday on the decision taken in view of the corona virus. While the Commission announced that elections will be held in April-May this year, the date for this has not been fixed yet. With this, Hage Kojeen, the election commissioner in the state, said, "If elections are held then more people will gather, campaigns will be held and rallies will start across the state."
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Along with this, he said, 'The decision to hold elections now due to the corona virus will be harmful for people's health.' The state government issued a notification on 16 March prohibiting the gathering or gathering of people till 5 April. At the same time, this decision was taken on Friday in response to the petition of the state government. For your information, it has been requested by various political parties that the date of the election should be fixed in view of the current situation.
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Kozin said that the State Health Department and various political parties had already urged the electoral panel to consider extending the election date. Meanwhile, schools and educational institutions, cinema halls, night clubs and weekly markets in the state may remain closed till April 5 amid fears about the Corona virus. With this, people have been appealed to avoid going to any function or group.
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