Puducherry Assembly election: Congress requests Election Commission to reconsider poll schedule

The Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to reconsider the Assembly predetermination schedule for the Union Territory.

In a memorandum to the Chief Election Commissioner, MP and main of PPCC V. Vaithilingam has contended the Commission’s determination to clasp the elections successful Tamil Nadu and Puducherry connected antithetic dates would make problems for campaigning and behaviour of polls successful the Union Territory.

The ECI has shown a “hurry” to clasp the polls successful Puducherry connected April 9, 2026 portion scheduling the polling day for Tamil Nadu connected April 23. The Commission should disclose the crushed for showing hurry successful conducting the polls successful Puducherry connected April 9 erstwhile the tenure of the existent Assembly would extremity lone connected June 15, Mr. Vaithilingam said.

“Two antithetic polling dates for Puducherry and Tamil Nadu volition make problems specified arsenic unnecessary staying of outsiders successful the sanction of campaigning, impersonation of voters, disruption of polling and instrumentality and bid issues. Therefore, we petition the Commission to clasp the elections successful Union Territory on with Tamil Nadu,” the memorandum said.

If the polling was going to beryllium held arsenic per the docket already announced, the Commission should guarantee radical from Puducherry who are moving successful Tamil Nadu would get paid permission to workout their franchise successful Puducherry, helium said.