Urge EC with Folded Hands to Curtail Poll Schedule Amid Covid Surge, Says Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Election Commission to re-consider its choice to stick to the unique ballot schedule, as she burdened that wrapping up the final three phases of polls on a single day or at the very least in two days would verify the unfold of COVID-19 to a sure extent. Indicating that the EC might have determined in opposition to clubbing the remaining phases on the behest of the BJP, Banerjee, whereas addressing her rally right here in Uttar Dinajpur, requested the ballot panel to prioritise public well being.

”With folded fingers, I request the EC to maintain the subsequent three phases on a single day. If not sooner or later, conduct it in two days and save sooner or later. ”Please don’t take your choice primarily based on what the BJP says… Please be certain that you defend public well being by curbing the ballot schedule, even whether it is by sooner or later,” the TMC supremo stated.