Code of conduct comes into effect after EC notification

Total of 19,442 voting centres have been established in the state, including 5,511 in urban areas and 13,931 in rural areas.

Take 44 lakh bogus voters off list: Congress

NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said that the party demanded that the EC raise the expenditure limit from Rs 28-60 lakh.

More central forces to be deployed in left-wing extremism-affected areas.

The process is likely to get over, as per tradition, before Diwali holidays, which end on October 27, said a senior official.

The media reported large-scale voter exclusion, with some accounts suggesting that voters from certain minority groups were the most affected.

'We have to respect the supremacy of Parliament and its procedures, the rules of the government and presidents,' former PM said.

Polling will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on September 23, while counting of votes will take place on the same day.

The JMM, a regional party, was allotted the bow and arrow in 1985 and it has been contesting on this symbol since then.

The outfit had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance before Loksabha election in April 2019.

This action came after the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) sent a notice to the ECI demanding a thorough investigation in the matter.