Rajkummar Rao to be appointed as Election Commission's national icon

The Election commission has announced that it would appoint actor Rajkummar Rao as its national icon, ahead of upcoming elections. A formal ceremony to bestow this honour upon the actor will be held on Thursday, as confirmed by the election commission of India.

Rajkummar is yet to issue an official statement on the development.

The Election Commission of India recently disclosed that over 161 million people in five different states in India are gearing up to



cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections. The election schedule is as follows, Mizoram is set to hold elections on November 7. Chhattisgarh, which boasts a 90-member assembly, will see voting take place in two phases on November 7 and 17. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana are scheduled to head to the polls on November 17 and 30, respectively. Rajasthan, which was earlier scheduled to go to polls on November 23, will now go to polls on November 25. The counting will take place on 3 December.