NEW DELHI: The Election Commission tonight deferred the Anantnag Lok Sabha bypoll to May 25, citing inputs by the Jammu and Kashmir Government that law-and-order situation is not conducive.
The by-election was to be held on April 12.
The EC notification said the state administration apprehends that “violent attempts” can be made by miscreants to thwart the poll process.
It pointed at large scale violence which took place in Srinagar yesterday during a similar bypoll. (AGENCIES)
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