Coronavirus: Goa ZP polls postponed
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The Goa Zilla Parishad pollsscheduled for March 24 has been postponed due to the novelcoronavirus outbreak and a new date for it would be announcedlater, State Election Commissioner RK Srivastava said onFriday after a meeting with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant
The polls were originally scheduled for March 22 buthad to be pushed back on Thursday after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi announced a voluntary shutdown on Sunday calledJanta curfew
The move, announced by the PM during a nationaladdress on Thursday, seeks to keep people indoors between 7amand 9pm on Sunday in a bid to stall the spread of the novelcoronavirus.
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