

The SEC, on its part, has deferred the polls, scheduled in two phases on October 10 and October 20, saying that fresh dates will be announced in due course. JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan and parliamentary board chief Upendra Kushwaha made the averment at a joint press conference here, a day after the court declared the quotas “illegal” and directed the State Election Commission to hold the urban local body polls only after all the reserved seats were “re notified” as those of general category.

Follow us on Image Source : PTI/FILE Patna High Court ordered that the reservation of seats for Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes was illegal.īihar Municipal Elections 2022: State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) on Wednesday asserted that fresh municipal polls will now be held in the state only after reservations for Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes, set aside by the Patna High Court, were restored.
