Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Saturday urged the Election Commission to consider holding assembly polls "in a single phase", citing the example of Maharashtra, which has a larger number of constituencies.

JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha spoke to the media here after meeting the visiting EC team led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, which held talks with different political parties.

Jha said, "We urged the EC to hold assembly elections in a single phase. It is possible. The state has no law and problem nor is it in throes of Naxal violence. If elections could be held in a single phase in Maharashtra, why not here?" Notably, the Maharashtra assembly, to which polls were held in a single phase last year, has 288 seats, while the Vidhan Sabha in Bihar is 2

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