On Friday, the Election Commission announced dates for Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana Assembly Elections. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, who held a press conference with election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu, when asked about Maharashtra Assembly Polls said that the decision to not conduct elections in the state alongside that of Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana was made based on the requirement of forces. 

CEC Kumar explained the ECI had to conduct elections for four states and they decided to divide it into groups of two and that Jammu and Kashmir would need additional deployment, hence they have not yet announced dates for Maharashtra Assembly Polls.