Guru Ravidas Jayanti: After CM Channi, BJP urges EC to postpone Punjab election

After Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, now the Punjab BJP has requested the Election Commission of India to postpone the election in Punjab on account of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 16.

As of now, the Punjab Assembly election is slated to be held in a single phase on February 14 and the results will be out on March 10. The Election Commission has not yet responded to



CM Channi and the BJP's request for postponement of the election.

Som Prakash, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, has also written to the Chief Election Commissioner asking that the state election be rescheduled to a date after February 18.

Additionally, the Punjab Lok Congress has supported the demand to postpone the election in Punjab by a week.