The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections on Mar 16 (Saturday). 

The schedule for the elections will be declared at 3 p.m. by the three Election Commissioners.

In a post on X, the ECI said, "Press Conference by Election Commission to announce schedule for #GeneralElections2024 & some State Assemblies will be held at 3 pm tomorrow ie Saturday, 16th March. It will livestreamed on social media platforms of the ECI."

This will come a day after two new Election Commissioners, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, assumed office.

The elections will be held in 543 Parliamentary constituencies.

The national and regional parties have been announcing their candidates for the elections.

The ECI said that their team is set for action-packed weeks ahead.

Today, the newly appointed election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu also took charge at ECI headquarters in New Delhi.

On Mar 14, the Central government issued the notification for the appointment of the two election commissioners. Prime minister Narendra Modi-led three-member committee picked bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as the election commissioners.

The decision comes days after the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

The selection panel, which zeroed in on Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar, includes the prime minister, the leader of the Opposition, and a designated union cabinet minister.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was in the three-member panel in capacity as the opposition member.

Besides, PM Modi and the Congress leader, union home minister Amit Shah attended the meeting.

(Source: IANS)

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