Guwahati: Head of Minister of Himanta Himanta Buswa Sarma on Thursday said the poll for Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and the city agency would be postponed by one month if the Covid-19 situation did not improve in the country.
The election should be held in Indonesia.
February.
GMC has been running without the executive body for the past three years because the term executive body last ended in June 2018.
The state had seen a fresh surge in the case of Covid-19.
According to the National Health Mission Report, the State reported 591 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday where 279 was reported in Camrup (Metro).
In the past 10 days, Kecatrupup Regency (Metro) has registered the highest cases in 832, followed by Kamrup (156), Jorhat (105) and Dibrugarh (72).
Meanwhile, after a landslide victory in the election of the next assembly and the Bypolls was held.
Last year in the state, the BJP in power has now targeted a 100% victory in the selection of the City Council and the upcoming GMC elections.
BJP President Bhabesh Kalita said the Safron Party was ready for the upcoming election.
“Take the election held in the state since December last year for example.
The election clearly describes the acceptance of BJP among people and the reason why people have extended their support to the party,” he added.
The BJP LED alliance swept the Bypoll held for five assembly chairs, which lay empty, in October.
BJP won the battles of ballots in Mariani, Thowra, and the Bhabanipur constituency, while the Ally United Party of the Liberal Party (UPPL) in Tamulpur and Gossiigaon, who fell in the Territorial Bodoland (BTR).
The BJP LED alliance defeated the Grand Alliance of 10 Anti-BJP parties pioneered by Congress in the Assembly poll held in March-April last year.
BJP has won a poll to the Bodoland Territorial Board in December last year and also the selection of the autonomous council of Tiwa.
“This clearly shows that BJP will easily win Civic polls,” Kalita said.