Kolkata, March 10 -- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday remained non-committal about the number of phases in which the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal will be conducted, stating that the final decision will be taken after a detailed assessment of the law and order situation in the state.
Addressing reporters, Kumar said the Election Commission would carefully review the ground situation before announcing the poll schedule.
"The phases of election will be decided on the basis of the law-and-order situation in the state. We will review the situation and then take a call," he said.
When asked why Maharashtra - which has 288 Assembly constituencies - witnessed a single-phase election while in Bengal there were el...