Holiday in five districts of Punjab tomorrow for repoll

Punjab government today declared holiday in Amritsar, Moga, Muktsar, Mansa and Sangrur districts where repoll will be held in 48 polling stations tomorrow.
"In the wake of the repoll in some booths of five districts in the state tomorrow, the Punjab government has declared a holiday in Amritsar, Moga, Muktsar, Mansa and Sangrur districts on February 9," a state government spokesperson said in a release here.
All offices, boards, corporations, educational institutes and public undertakings of the state government in these five districts will remain closed tomorrow. This holiday has been declared under section 25 of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, the spokesperson said.

Repolling at the 48 polling stations under Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency and five Assembly segments was ordered by the Election Commission following malfunctioning of Voter-Verified Audit Paper Trail and Electronic Voting Machines in these stations during polling on February 4.
In order to enable people working in factories, shops and commercial establishments in the five districts to exercise their franchise the government has declared a paid holiday tomorrow in all these establishments, where Thursday is not observed as a weekly off day, in lieu of their normal weekly holiday, an official spokesperson said.