Releasing its fourth and final list of 38 candidates on Sunday, the AAP has become the first party in the city to declare candidates for all 70 assembly seats in Delhi, even before the announcement of the assembly elections by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The adjustment in by-poll dates aims to ensure higher participation and smoother conduct of the polls across the three states, the ECI said.
The development comes days after the Congress wrote a letter to the poll body, accusing Shukla of clear bias against opposition leaders.
Issuing notice to the Central government and the poll panel, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra tagged the petition along with already pending matters on the same issue.
In the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting for 57 constituencies spread across eight States and Union Territories (UTs) was held on Saturday.
Goa is slated to go to Assembly elections early next year.
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CM Himanta Biswa Sarma received a show-cause notice from the Election Commission for alleged violation of model code of conduct before the October 30 by-elections to the five assembly seats.
It asked both the groups to furnish the name of their party and the symbols which they wish to be allotted for the bye-elections by October 4.
The online competition opens on October 2, and the last date for the submission of entries is November 21.
