The Election Commission made a very important announcement in a press conference held in Lucknow regarding the UP Assembly elections. During his press conference, Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that after meeting the representatives of all political parties, he had agreed to conduct the elections with the COVID protocol. Along with this, he soon asked to give information about the timing of voting in the elections.
Representatives of all political parties met us and told us that elections should be conducted on time following all COVID19 protocols: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on 2022 UP Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/0xmDP9rwH1
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Let us tell you that the Election Commission held a meeting on Monday to assess the growing infection of Omicron and the situation of COVID-19 in the states where voting is going to be held. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had directed to get the second dose of corona vaccine done in all these states at the earliest. The Chief Election Commissioner said that after discussing with all the parties and nodal officers, they demanded to conduct the elections on time with the COVID protocol. At the same time, people had expressed their concern over the rallies being held without protocol. The main highlights of this press conference are as follows.
- All political parties want timely assembly elections.
- All the parties have demanded the Election Commission to conduct the elections with the COVID protocol.
- The final voter list will be released on January 5.
- Elderly and differently-abled will be given the facility of voting at home.
- Apart from this, the number of rallies and the number of people attending the rallies should also be controlled.
- In UP, 11 thousand polling booths will be increased for 52 thousand new voters.
- 11 documents will be valid for voting.