Guwahati: In the wake of the upcoming Guwahati Municipal Elections (GMC), the Assam government has declared a public holiday on April 2022.
According to reports, all the government and non-government offices, educational institutions, and business establishments including banks within the Guwahati Municipal Corporation Area will remain closed on account of this public holiday under the NI act.
Recently, the State Election Commission (SEC) rescheduled the polling date from April 19 to April 22.
The decision was taken after a number of prominent figures of Guwahati also pointed out that holding the elections during the scheduled period would cause enormous problems for the people as they will be celebrating the festivals nearly after two years following the pandemic.
The total number of voters in the municipal elections is 6,98,829 and the total number of polling stations is 69.
Meanwhile, after a massive win in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eyeing to repeat its victory in the state too as the party has announced to contest GMC.
Riding on high confidence, AAP has fielded 40 candidates of the total 60 GMC wards.
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