SRINAGAR, (PTK): The Election Commission of India (ECI) today approved 39 symbols of registered un-recognised political parties for the upcoming elections 2019.
The dates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are likely to be announced by the ECI today at a press conference scheduled at 5.00 pm at Vigyan Bhawan on Sunday.
Sources confirmed News agency Press Trust of Kashmir that the Lok Sabha elections are likely to be held in seven to nine phases across the country.
The ECI is likely to announce dates for assembly elections in four States — Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh — at the press meet added that the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are on hold.
On Saturday, the ECI had asked the political parties to desist from displaying photographs of defence personnel in their poll campaign in view of a picture on social media showing image of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in a political poster . (PTK)
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