Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi urges EC to postpone February 14 state Assembly polls, here’s why

Punjab will vote in one phase on February 14 to elect a 117-member House. 

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra asking him to delay the state Assembly polls to be held on February 14. 

The letter dated January 13, 2022, said that many from the Scheduled Castes (SC) community, which contributes around 32 percent of the total population, will likely visit Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi from February 10 in view of Guru Ravidas birth anniversary on February 16. 

“In such a situation, many people from this community would not be able to cast their votes for the State Assembly, which is otherwise their constitutional right. They have requested that the voting date may be extended in such a way that they are able to visit Banaras from 10th to 16th February 2022, as also participate in the Assembly elections,” the letter written by the Punjab CM read.