Chennai: The State Election Commission will hold an all-party meeting here today to discuss the rural body elections to the nine new districts.
The Commission called the meeting to discuss the modalities of conducting the polls in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The SEC has already released the voter’s list for the nine districts. It has also announced the extended hours of polling due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The State Election Commission had recently moved a prayer to the Supreme Court to provide 35 more days to complete the election formalities to the nine new districts.
It is to be noted that the apex court had ordered the SEC to complete all formalities regarding elections to the rural bodies of the nine new districts by 15 September.
Political parties in Tamilnadu are preparing themselves for the civic polls, the first since the Assembly polls were held on 6 April and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is especially focussing on the western region, the only districts where it fared poorly in the Assembly elections.
Local body polls were conducted in Tamilnadu in 2019 leaving out nine new districts where delimitation had to be done. The tenure of the previous local body had ended in 2016.