: Omicron: Allahabad HC urges EC, Modi to stop political rallies, postpone Assembly polls #IndiaNEWS The Allahabad High Court on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission

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Omicron: Allahabad HC urges EC, Modi to stop political rallies, postpone Assembly polls #IndiaNEWS
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Assembly elections and ban political rallies in view of concerns about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease, reported Live Law. Assembly elections in Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are scheduled to take place early next year and political parties have begun campaigning.“...If possible, postpone the elections scheduled to be held in February for a month or two because if we live, then election rallies, meetings will continue to happen,� Judge Shekhar Yadav observed.At the hearing of a bail petition, the judge observed that nearly 400 cases were listed before him and as a result, a large number of advocates were present in the court premises. In its order, the High Court noted that the advocates were not following physical distancing norms even when Omicron variant was spreading across the country. The judge asked the registrar general of the court to make rules in this regard.Yadav, however, praised Modi for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the country.Elections during second waveEarlier this year, Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry were held amid the devastating second wave of the coronavirus. While the country battled with a record surge in Covid-19...Read more

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