National Polls On April 16? After Viral Note To Officers, A Clarification

New Delhi: 

Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer on Monday squashed buzz the 2024 Lok Sabha election will be held on April 16. Talk of a date for the poll – in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are all but set to win a third straight term – broke after a letter from the CEO’s office emerged on social media.

The notification said the Election Commission of India had “tentatively given the Poll Day as April 16, 2024… for the purpose of reference and to calculate Start and End dates in the Election Planner”.

The notification was issued to all 11 District Election Officers in Delhi, and is titled “Compliance/adhering to timelines given in Election Planner of Election Commission of India”.