Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a gathering at Silapathar in northeastern Assam’s Dhemaji district on Sunday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was expected to announce the dates for the Assam Assembly elections in the first week of March.
“The election commission had declared the last [2016] Assembly election dates on March 4. Likewise, we expect the dates this time to be announced in the first week of March,” he said.