Acting on Opposition complaint, the Election Commission has sought the Centre’s response on their objection to presenting the budget on February 1 before the Assembly polls to five states.
Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi has written to Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha who is likely to consult the the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry before framing his response on the government’s plans to advance the budget presentation to February 1, sources said.
The Commission had yesterday forwarded a letter of the opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, BSP and SP, asking the government to postpone the presentation of the budget to at least till March 8, when the last of the votes will be cast for the polls to UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.
