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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bengal polls: EC bans physical campaigning, expresses ‘anguish’ over flouting of Covid norms

Bengal polls: EC bans physical campaigning, expresses ‘anguish’ over flouting of Covid norms

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published Published on Apr 23, 2021   modified Modified on Apr 23, 2021

-The Indian Express

The Election Commission order, however, continues to permit gatherings of up to 500 people in West Bengal.

The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday banned roadshows, vehicle rallies, and public meetings of more than 500 people in West Bengal, noting that political parties and candidates were “still not adhering to the prescribed safety norms” during campaigning.

Permissions already given for such events stood withdrawn, the Commission said.

The directive came hours after Calcutta High Court censured the EC for not doing enough to ensure that political parties were following appropriate Covid-19 protocols amid the devastating second wave of infections.

“We are unable to reconcile the fact that the Election Commission of India is not able to update us as to what action by way of enforcement of the circulars has been obtained,” a Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee said.

“Issuance of circulars and holding of meetings by themselves do not discharge the onerous responsibility of the Election Commission of India…in due performance of not only the statutory power and authority under the Representation of People Act…but the confidence that the Indian polity would have on it to carry forward the mechanism of upholding the democracy by use of requisite facilities even in pandemic times…,” the court said.

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The Indian Express, 23 April, 2021, https://indianexpress.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-covid-19-election-commission-campaigning-ban-7285069/


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