EC top brass reviews enforcement of COVID guidelines during campaigning in Bengal
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The CEC directed them to make sure strict motion.
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday reviewed enforcement of COVID guidelines during campaigning in West Bengal the place two remaining phases of meeting elections are to happen subsequent week.
A ballot panel spokesperson mentioned the EC top brass reviewed the enforcement of COVID guidelines with West Bengal chief secretary, police chief, well being secretary and Kolkata police commissioner.
The CEC directed them to make sure strict motion underneath state and nationwide catastrophe administration legal guidelines for COVID-complaint behaviour.
The meet comes a pair of days after the ballot panel positioned a ban on roadshows and foot marches, and positioned a cap on the quantity of individuals attending public conferences to 500.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday had expressed dissatisfaction with the ECI over enforcement of COVID-19 well being security norms during the continuing West Bengal meeting election course of, together with campaigning.
West Bengal on Friday registered the very best single-day spike of 12,876 COVID-19 instances taking the tally to 7,13,780, the state well being division mentioned in a bulletin.
The dying toll additionally went as much as 10,825 with 59 contemporary fatalities, it added.
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