The Assam State Election Commission announced that election to the 60 wards of Guwahati city would be held on April 19 but postponed it to April 22 in view of Rongali Bihu. With this announcement, hectic political activities had started in Guwahati and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Admi Party expressed its desire to contest all the 60 seats after its landslide victory in Punjab in the recent past.