Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday said the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan would have no bearing on the upcoming general elections in April-May this year. Arora was responding to a query on whether the polls could be postponed in the wake of the situation post the February 14 Pulwama attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and the subsequent Indian Air Force (IAF) strike on terror camps across the border.

Talking to the media at the Yojana Bhawan in the Uttar Pradesh capital, the top poll panel official said, "Elections will be held on time". When asked about the possible notification of the Lok Sabha poll dates, Arora said the media and the country would come to know of it through the "usual press conference", as is the norm.