EC grants Cong 6 more months for internal polls

After asking the Congress to complete its election process by June 30 this year, the Election Commission of India has extended the deadline to December 31, 2017. In its last Congress Working Committee meeting held in November last year, the Congress had requested the poll body to extend the date of completing its internal elections to December 31, 2017.

After the request was sent, the Commission had ordered the Congress to complete its internal elections by June 30 this year. But the Congress general secretary organisation Janardhna Dwivedi wrote to the Commission requesting for more time. The EC has allowed the Congress’ plea of granting

In Nov. 2016, the Congress had requested EC to extend the deadline for completing its internal elections to Dec. 2017

it six more months to complete the process of organisational polls. “There will, however, be no further extension beyond December 2017,” the EC has said.

Mr Dwivedi said “The Election Commission has allowed our plea for extension of six months in holding organisational elections and has granted time till December this year, against its earlier deadline of June 30.”

The Congress had cited practical problems of updating its membership list to have a proper and meaningful election both at the central and state levels.