Ahmedabad, Oct 12 (PTI) The Gujarat state election commission on Monday postponed local body polls for three months in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

In a release, it said these are "exceptional times" and holding of polls would result in diversion of state administration machinery currently engaged in containing the outbreak.

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Elections to six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, 55 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka pachayats were to be held in November since their five-year terms would end in the second week of December. PTI

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