The State Commission has rescheduled the dates of the third and fourth phase of pachayat elections in Gonda and Bareilly districts.
The dates of third and fourth phase of polls in Gonda have been changed following incidents of violence during the first phase of polls on December 1. The third phase of poll will now be held on December 10 instead of December 5 and fourth phase of poll on December 10 instead of December 9.
In Bareilly, the district administration had requested the SEC for a change in poll schedule due to the Urs festival at the Dargah of Ala Hazrat - the founder of the Barelvi sect of Sunnis. The fourth phase of the poll will now be held on December 10 instead of December 9.