State Election Commission resumes local body pre-election process

But the process is expected to prolong because of the sheer volume of the local bodies (2,486) and different stages of pre-poll preparations.

The SEC has told the SC that conducting polls in the rainy season will be a difficult task. Representation pic

As instructed by the Supreme Court, the Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has resumed the local body pre-poll process from where it stopped on March 10 this year following the enactment of new laws that transferred its (the SEC’s) powers to the government.

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