West Bengal Elections 2021: The Election Commission on Friday curtailed the timing of the election marketing campaign as much as 7 pm in West Bengal towards the backdrop of the surge in Covid-19 instances.
The ballot physique additionally prolonged the silence interval from 48 hours to 72 hours in every of the remaining three phases in West Bengal.
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As per the rules issued by the Election Commission, the candidates and political events shall guarantee absolute and repeat absolute adherence to Covid-19 pointers in letter and spirit.
Violations, if any, shall be sternly handled and motion, together with felony motion, taken as per extant authorized framework, the ballot physique added.
The Election Commission stated it shall be the duty of the organisers of public conferences and rallies and many others. to supply masks and sanitisers to each individual attending these conferences and rallies at their value, which shall be added and counted inside limits of prescribed expenditure.
The ballot physique additional stated the star campaigners/political leaders/candidates/aspiring policymakers shall reveal by their private instance and nudge all supporters at the start of campaigning to put on masks, use sanitisers and keep social distance apart from putting in such crowd management measures as vital.
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The Election Commission’s announcement comes forward of polling for the fifth part on Saturday.
45 constituencies throughout six districts will go for polls within the fifth part. One seat at Kalimpong, 5 seats at Darjeeling and 7 seats in Jalpaiguri district will go to polls on this part. The most 16 seats are within the districts of North 24 Parganas. The polling will begin at 7 a.m. and conclude at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Over 78 p.c voter turnout was recorded within the fourth part. West Bengal is voting in eight phases this time. The outcomes shall be declared on May 2.
