Election Commission’s decision, now campaign will not be held from 7 to 10 in the evening

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Bihar assembly elections

Kolkata: Election Commission of India has taken a major decision in an all-party meeting called for the remaining three phases of the West Bengal Assembly Election amid growing cases of Corona Virus. The commission has reduced the time of campaigning from 10 am to 7 am. With this, now the election campaign will end 72 hours before the vote.


The election will end 72 hours before voting

The Election Commission said, “The campaign time has been restricted to 7 pm. There will be no publicity between 7 pm and 10 am. With this, the duration of campaigning in the remaining three phases in West Bengal has been increased from 48 hours to 72 hours.

Provide masks to the people coming to the rally
After the meeting with all the parties, the commission decided, “It will be the responsibility of the organizers of public meetings, rallies etc. to provide masks and sanitizers to every person attending these meetings, rallies etc. at their cost, Which should be added and counted within the prescribed spending limit. “

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Candidates and leaders wear masks in rally
The commission said, “Star campaigners / political leaders/candidates / aspiring policymakers will demonstrate their personal example and give masks to all supporters at the beginning of the campaign wearing masks, using sanitizers, maintaining social distance and such crowd control measures. Will implement

Significantly, in other parts of the country as well as in West Bengal, corona cases are increasing rapidly. The steady increase in daily affairs had made the three phases of the Election Commission under pressure to take a decision to stop the crowds of people and follow the social distance. The demand for getting the remaining three phases in the media right social media started in one phase.

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