The Commission allowed opening up of physical campaigning events based on inputs received by state chief secretaries, its observers and the Union Health Ministry.
The star campaigners constitute an integral part of the election process and their security is of utmost importance for ensuring free and fair elections, the poll panel asserted.
The Judiciary, the Election Commission, Pegasus, these are all instruments of destroying the voice of the union of states, said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha while speaking on Motion of Thanks to President's address during Budget session 2022.
The limit for door to door campaigns has also been enhanced, wherein instead of 10 persons, now 20 persons, excluding security personnel, will be allowed.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana told petitioner lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay that it would consider his plea for urgent hearing of the PIL which has not been listed even once after it was filed in September 2020.
Yadav on Friday said, "BJP can do anything before the elections." In view of this incident, Akhilesh Yadav has demanded the Election Commission of India to take up the matter.
The plea, filed ahead of assembly polls in five states, said there should be a total ban on such populist measures to gain undue political favour from voters as they violate the Constitution and the EC should take suitable deterrent measures.
During the door-to-door campaign led by Amit Shah, he interacted with the people of Kairana who had left the city in 2014 but have now resettled back.
The ban on physical rallies and roadshows in the five poll-bound states has been extended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) till January 22.
Polling for Uttarakhand, Goa, and Punjab will take place in a single phase on February 14, whereas Manipur will see polls in 2 phases on February 27 and March 3. UP elections will take place in 3 phases.
India TV's election special show Yeh Public Hai Sab Jaanti Hai's team reaches Varanasi where polling will take place on February 7.
The election commission on Saturday announced the schedule for assembly polls in 5 states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur. A total of 2,15,368 polling stations to be set up across 5 states to facilitate free, fair and safe elections amid the third Covid wave led by the Omicron variant.
Poll dates for assembly elections 2022 in 5 states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur are likely to be announced between January 10-13, sources close to the election commission have said.
The assembly elections are due to be held in five states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab are slated to go polls. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
A three-member Congress delegation had on Tuesday met the Election Commission members who are on a visit to Lucknow to take stock of the state's poll preparedness over the next few days.
All major political parties in Uttar Pradesh have urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) not to delay the 2022 assembly polls in the state, following concerns over the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.
The ECI is on a three-day visit to Lucknow to assess the ground situation.
In Uttarakhand and Goa about 100% eligible population has been inoculated with the first dose, while in UP 85% eligible population has been given the first dose.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early next year. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
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