Aizawl, Nov 3 (PTI) Churches, civil society groups and political parties in Mizoram have again requested the Election Commission to reschedule the date of counting.

Elections to the 40-member assembly will take place on November 7 and counting will be held on December 3, which falls on a Sunday.

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On Friday, the Mizoram Kohhran Hruaitute Committee (MKHC), a body comprising major churches, NGO Coordination Committee, a conglomerate of major civil society organisations and student bodies, Mizoram People's Forum (MPF), a church-sponsored poll watchdog, and political parties wrote to the poll panel through the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) requesting it to reschedule the counting date, a church leader said.

Last month too, political parties, NGOs and a church body had written to the Election Commission appealing it to reschedule the date.

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