<p>New Delhi: The Election Commission will announce the schedule for Assembly elections on Friday afternoon.</p><p>An EC invite to the media for a press conference around 3 pm did not mention the states for which the election schedule would be announced.</p>.Farooq Abdullah takes center-stage as Omar Abdullah opts out of Jammu & Kashmir Assembly polls.<p>The terms of the legislative assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra end on November 3 and November 26, respectively. The poll panel also plans to hold assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before September 30, the deadline set by the Supreme Court.</p><p>The Election Commission has visited Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana recently to oversee the poll preparedness but is yet to visit Maharashtra.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Election Commission will announce the schedule for Assembly elections on Friday afternoon.</p><p>An EC invite to the media for a press conference around 3 pm did not mention the states for which the election schedule would be announced.</p>.Farooq Abdullah takes center-stage as Omar Abdullah opts out of Jammu & Kashmir Assembly polls.<p>The terms of the legislative assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra end on November 3 and November 26, respectively. The poll panel also plans to hold assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before September 30, the deadline set by the Supreme Court.</p><p>The Election Commission has visited Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana recently to oversee the poll preparedness but is yet to visit Maharashtra.</p>