SRINAGAR: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for bye-elections to the Budgam and Nagrota assembly constituencies on Monday.
The ECI is scheduled to hold a press conference today at 4:00 PM at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, where it will unveil the election timetable for the Bihar Assembly polls as well as other by-poll seats in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Nagrota assembly seat is expected to witness a direct contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the National Conference-led alliance (NC).
Meanwhile, Budgam is likely to see a triangular contest involving the NC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Peoples Alliance for Change—a coalition comprising the Peoples Conference, Peoples Democratic Front, and Justice and Development Front (JDF). (KNO)
