The Election Commission of India (EC) will announce the much awaited polling dates for the upcoming General Elections tomorrow, a media report said on Tuesday.
According to official sources, the EC has said that it would like to make the announcement tomorrow at 10:30 am. Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath along with two Election Commissioners HS Brahma and SNA Zaidi will announce the dates during a press conference.
The conference this time will take place at Vigyan Bhawan instead of at Nirvachan Bhawan, the EC headquarters.
As soon as the panel announces the dates, the model code of conduct will immediately come into effect, after which the government and other political parties will not be able to take any major policy initiatives for the common masses.
The polls are slated to see more than 810 million voters exercise their ballot and are expected to begin before April 7, 2014. The Lok Sabha elections are likely to be conducted over six to seven phases, the longest so far, sources said.
“We are trying to limit the polls to six phases. However, we are still trying to work it out. A meeting has been called tomorrow to fix the election dates,” an Election Commission official said, requesting anonymity.