New Delhi: The Election Commission has deferred the upcoming by-polls to three Lok Sabha and eight assembly seats in view of the prevailing coronavirus scenario within the nation. The ballot panel knowledgeable in its newest order on Wednesday.
The EC stated known as it inappropriate to maintain the polls till the pandemic scenario improves.
“The Commission has reviewed the matter today (Wednesday) and has decided that due to outbreak of the second wave of Covid-19 in the country it would not be appropriate to hold by-elections till the pandemic situation significantly improves and conditions become conducive to hold these by-elections,” it stated in a press release.
The elections had been to be held for 3 parliamentary constituencies of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh) and Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) and eight seats from state assemblies of Kalka and Ellenabad in Haryana; Vallabhnagar in Rajasthan; Sindgi in Karnataka; Rajabala and Mawryngkneng in Meghalaya, Fatehpur in Himachal Pradesh and Badvel in Andhra Pradesh.
The ballot panel had not introduced the schedule of the proposed bypolls.
Further, selections within the matter will likely be taken at an applicable time after taking inputs from all states and after assessing the pandemic scenario from authorities involved.
