New Delhi: The Saturday Election Commission extended the prohibition of physical demonstrations and roadshows in poll countries until January 31 but allowed public meetings by parties and candidates in the open space, subject to a 500-person hat, for the first phase campaign, for the campaign starting January 28 and The second stage starts 1.
February to 50% of the land capacity or the existing SDMA limit, which is lacking, it can be done between January 28 and February 8 in 58 assembly constituencies up to the poll in the first phase and between February 15 to increase 55 assembly in above for the second phase and throughout Goa and Uttarakhand.
Roadshows and Padusyatras will remain prohibited until January 31 even in constituencies will conduct polls in the first two phases.
Roadshows, Padusyatras, and bicycle rallies and cars, are still banned until January 31 in all constituencies regardless of phase.
The election commission source said the Covid situation is expected to turn around and vaccination coverage that tends to reach a satisfactory level on January 31, when the panel will review the next campaign restriction.
If this happens, physical meetings with similar lids can eventually be permitted in all phases.