The Election Commission will announce the polling dates for the Bihar Assembly elections today at 4 pm, with sources indicating that the exercise will be held in fewer phases this time, The Indian Express has learnt.

A decision to reduce the number of phases, sources said, was taken after factoring in feedback from political parties during the Commission’s Bihar visit. In the meeting with political parties on Saturday, the ruling NDA demanded a single phase of voting, while the Opposition called for two phases, with both camps pressing for the polls to be held soon after the Chhath festival that begins on October 25.

In the 2020 Assembly polls, voting in Bihar was held across three phases. The term of the 243-seat Assembly ends on November 22. The announcement comes just a day after the

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