Phagwara: President Punjab Party Bahujan Sajaj, Jasvir Singh Garhi has urged the Election Commission to reschedule polls in the state of Teacher’s view Ravidas Jayanti.
Voting in Punjab is scheduled to take place on February 14 when the vote count will be held on March 10.
In a statement here, Garhi said Jayanti 645 from Teacher Ravidas fell on February 16 and, like every year, thousands of teacher Ravidas followers will go from Punjab, especially the Doaba area, on a special train for his birthplace Govardhanpur Kanshi Banaras on February 13-14 Because paying respect there.
This will seize them from their voting rights because they will be in Banaras on the voting day for Punjab on February 14, he said.
Keeping this in view, the Election Commission must reschedule polls in Punjab from February 14 to February 20, he said.
Garhi said the shared delegation from Sad-BSP had submitted a memorandum to the Judge of Sub-division Phagwara Kulpreet Singh.
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