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The Rural Development and Panchayat Department had dissolved the panchayats that had completed their five-year term in February. The schedule for panchayat elections has been announced by the Punjab State Election Commission which has imposed the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
Punjab State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary on Wednesday announced the schedule for the gram panchayat elections. The announcement comes days after the state’s rural development and panchayat department issued a notification saying that elections to over 13,000 gram panchayats in Punjab would be held by October 20. The rural development and panchayat department had in February dissolved the panchayats that had completed their five-year term. Schedule for panchayat elections The Punjab State Election Commission has imposed the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
election process schedule
Last date for filling nomination: 27 September to 4 October
Last date for withdrawal of nomination: October 7
Voting date: October 15
Controversy over dissolution of Panchayat
It is noteworthy that the state government had dissolved all 13,241 gram panchayats through a notification in August last year. However, the AAP government had to withdraw its notification to dissolve the gram panchayats after the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) challenged this notification in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Eventually, the government suspended two of its senior IAS officers for taking a “technically flawed” decision in the matter of dissolving the panchayats.
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