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EC decision on Gujarat likely by Saturday

New Delhi Aug.15. Ending days of suspense, the Election Commission is likely to announce its decision on holding the Gujarat Assembly elections by Saturday, sources in the Commission said today.

The sources said that efforts would be made by the commission, which visited Gujarat to assess the situation last week, to announce its decision tomorrow or on Saturday.

The Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh ,and the other two Commissioners, T.S. Krishnamurthy, and B.B. Tandon, who toured riot-ravaged Ahmedabad and Baroda for three days, had informally discussed the issue after their return on Sunday. Lyngdoh, on his return, had told reporters that the situation in the State was ``muddy''.

PTI

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