New Delhi: Even though the Covid-19 situation seems to have subsided in the country, the election commission opposes the decline in its plants and may apply the same Covid guidelines that have been talled during the behavior of October 30 parliament and assembly of Bypolls, up to five countries’ elections due in early next year.
Election in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur are likely to be held in February-March, given that the term Cave Assembly ended on March 15, 2022.
While the term assemblies in the other four polls are ended only later, with up ends Only on May 14, 2022, because the five state polls must be put together, the EC can schedule them so that polls and calculations for all are completed before March 15 next year.
Polling panel, at the meeting here on Tuesday with the Head of the Main Election (CEO) of five countries, instructed them not to reduce guards and take all prevention measures to the spread of Covid during public meetings and other campaign activities.
Among other issues discussed increase in the number of booths with EC stations to make selecting a pleasant experience and how to facilitate voting for people with disabilities and senior citizens.
When things stand up now, EC wants to remain firm to enforce its Covid guidelines issued on September 28, 2021, which requires indoor campaigns to be limited to 30% of the capacity permitted or 200 people, which are lacking, and campaigning outside Rooms up to 50% of soil capacity or 1,000 for demonstrations with a star or 50% campaigner from capacity or 500 people in all other cases.
There are no roadshows or cars / bicycles / cycles that are permitted and ‘silence period’ stretches to 72 hours before the end of the poll.
The victory procession is also prohibited.
EC officials say the intention, until now, is to maintain this restriction for the next state poll.
However, this left the scope for reviews closer to the announcement of the poll.
The source told Ti that Punjab and Manipur have asked more security forces to be deployed to conduct polls, citing sustainable farmers and recent ambushes by rebels that killed 7 of their respective soldiers.
EC can apply the same Covid norm as the state polls that will come as Bypolls recently
