Chennai: The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday requested the Election Commission to conduct the assembly polls in the third or fourth week of April 2021, as the poll body held consultative meetings here with political parties.
The principal opposition DMK and other parties pitched for single phase polling.The EC team, led by Umesh Sinha, secretary general of the ECI, are on a two day visit to the metro to review the state's preparedness to hold the polls next year, as the five year term of the assembly is set to come to an end on May 24.
The announcement for the assembly elections is expected early next year. Pollachi V Jayaraman, Assembly Deputy Speaker and AIADMK election wing secretary, said the party requested EC to advance the poll.