EC rejects TN govt plea on Police Commissioner

New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) The Election Commission today rejected Tamil Nadu government's plea for reconsideration of the commission's directive for the transfer of Chennai Police Commissioner R Nataraj.

The Commission's order yesterday had in the wake of a complaint by DMK leader and Union Minister A Raja against the Police Commissioner. Tamil Nadu will have assembly elections on May 8.

Meanwhile, the commission postponed to April 24 the polling day in Visakhapatnam, from March 25.

The commission also announced byelections on April 24 for four assembly seats of Jammu and Kashmir and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

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