The State Election Commission (SEC) is yet to take a decision on the dates for the panchayat polls in West Bengal as the issues of security arrangements and concluding the election either before or during the month of Ramzan remain to be settled.
According to official sources, the SEC and state government officials are likely to meet tomorrow afternoon to discuss the matter.
Apart from the security arrangements in the over 58,000 polling booths, the issue of whether to conduct the election during the month of Ramzan also needed to be discussed, the sources said.
Asked when the new dates would be announced, a senior SEC official said, "It is a million dollar question. Let us discuss the matter and hope that everything will be sorted out."
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