 New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee is going to meet in New Delhi on September 4 to discuss the party's strategy for the Assembly election coming up in three states of Haryana, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh.
The BJP top leadership including President Rajnath Singh and leaders from the states going to polls will and discuss pre-poll preparations in order to avoid another debacle. The Election Commission on August 31 had announced dates for Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh.
Elections will be held in all the three states on October 13, Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla announced on August 31. Counting of votes will take place on October 22. Filing of nomination papers in all three states will begin on September 18 and the last date of filing nominations will be September 29. Nominations can be withdrawn till September 29.
These elections are important, as it would be the first major test of the popularity of the second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government which completed its 100 days in power last week. The Congress is in power in all three states which where elections are scheduled. Rising food prices and drought remain as main issues before the electorate
In Haryana, the government called for early elections after dissolving the Assembly. Arunachal Pradesh has 60 Assembly seats, Maharashtra 288 seats and Haryana 90 seats. There are 82,028 polling stations in Maharashtra, 12,894 polling stations in Haryana and 206 polling stations in Arunachal.
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