The Cabinet meeting was held this morning, a day after the announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
PM Modi (File photo:SNS)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a Cabinet meeting during which he asked the ministers to prepare a roadmap for the first 100 days and the next five years of the new government with the officers and secretaries of their ministries, sources said.
The Cabinet meeting was held this morning, a day after the announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The sources said the Union Government today initiated the process of notifying the dates of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections by sending the Election Commission’s recommendation to President Droupadi Murmu.
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The Cabinet meeting recommended to the President to issue the notifications for the different phases.
The elections for the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on April 19 followed by subsequent phases on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1, according to the schedule announced by the Election Commission on Saturday.
“The Cabinet approved to recommend to the President for issuing statutory notifications under sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act 1951 from the Parliamentary constituencies for the election of members of the Lok Sabha,” the sources said.
The first notification will be issued on March 20 for the first phase of polls on April 19 in 102 Lok Sabha seats. The nomination process starts for a particular phase with the issuance of the notification.
Based on the recommendation, the Law Ministry prepares a proposal for the Union Cabinet, which recommends to the President to approve the issuance of notifications for the different phases.
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