From CK Nayak
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: The schedule for the assembly election in the three Northeastern states of Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland will be announced this week, an official source said here on Monday.
The source on condition of anonymity said that the full election commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar will meet any day this week and after that poll schedule will be formally announced. The model code of conduct will come into effect the same day.
The five-year term of assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura would end on March 12, March 15 and March 22, respectively. New assemblies have to be constituted before that period.
