Gujarat unit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief C.R. Patil on Monday claimed the upcoming Assembly elections in the State are likely to get over by November-end, unlike the last two polls that went on till mid-December.
Mr. Patil, who was addressing a "page samiti sammelan" in Anand city, some 80 kilometres away from Ahmedabad, however, was quick to add this was his "political estimation" and that he had not spoken to any poll authority.
The Opposition Congress latched onto Mr. Patil's statement with party leader Deepak Babaria claiming that it showed how the BJP-ruled Union Government had "weakened and hijacked" constitutional authorities like the Election Commission.
