The meeting of the Election Commission-Health Ministry is over. In this meeting, no decision of any kind has been taken to postpone the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections in five states. The Election Commission says that the situation in the electoral states is satisfactory.
The meeting of the Election Commission and the Health Ministry regarding the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections ended today. However, no decision has been taken to postpone the assembly elections of five states so far. In this meeting held to postpone the assembly elections in five states, the Election Commission took complete information from the Health Secretary about the vaccination of the electoral states including the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
According to sources, it has been said in the meeting that the condition of the first dose of corona vaccine in five electoral states is satisfactory and 70 percent of the 100 people in these states have got the first vaccine of the corona. During this, it was told that 83 percent of people in UP and 77 percent in Punjab have got the first dose of the corona. At the same time, the first dose of 100% corona has been taken in Goa and Uttarakhand. On the other hand, 70 percent of the people in Manipur have got the first vaccine of the corona. It has been said in the meeting that any decision on election rally in 5 states will be taken after the election code of conduct is implemented.
Allahabad High Court appealed
In the meeting, the situation of the current Corona for the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections in five states was discussed. The Election Commission took stock of the covid situation from Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan. During this, many senior officials also participated. Let us inform you that the Allahabad High Court had appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission to postpone the assembly elections for the time being because of the deteriorating conditions due to Corona.
After this, the Chief Election Commissioner had talked about taking a concrete decision after taking stock of the tax situation during Uttar Pradesh. The commission has also visited Punjab, Goa, and Uttarakhand to take stock of the pre-poll preparations. It is worth noting that the term of the Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Manipur Legislative Assemblies ends in March next year, while the term of the Legislative Assembly in Uttar Pradesh will end in May.
