Giving details of the election programme, Singh said nominations can be filed from May 30 to June 4 (except on June 2 being a routine holiday), and the scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on June 6.
The ECI announced the election schedule at 6 pm. In West Bengal, where the BJP has positioned itself as the main opposition to the ruling Trinamool Congress, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has questioned the reasons for the ECI to hold the election in eight phases.
The by-election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council seat, vacated by former chief minister Narayan Rane after he quit the Congress,…
