New Delhi: Amid rising COVID-19 cases across the country, the Election Commission (EC) will meet on Saturday to decide whether to ban public rallies, road shows and corner meetings in five electoral states beyond January 15 To be put
The decision is to be taken based on inputs about the spread of the coronavirus and its new variant, Omicron.
announcing before Schedule for Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur On January 8, the panel had banned public rallies, road shows and corner meetings till January 15 in view of the spike in COVID-19 infections in India.
The commission also did 16-point guidelines for campaigning listed as ban on ‘nukkad sabhas’ (corner meetings) on public roads and roundabouts, limiting the number of candidates to five for door-to-door campaigning, and restricting victory processions after counting of votes.
In a press release on Friday, the Election Commission said that in view of the ongoing pandemic and the increased relevance of the non-contact-based campaign, it has decided, in consultation with the Prasar Bharati Corporation, to double the broadcast/broadcast time allotted to each national party. Decided and recognized State Party of five states.
It is noteworthy that the much-awaited assembly elections in five states will be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
During this, 2,64,202 new COVID-19 infections recorded in India And the active caseload of the country has now increased to 12,72,073. The active COVID-19 caseload between Thursday and Friday has registered an increase of 1,54,542 cases.
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