In view of the spike in coronavirus infections in the country, the Election Commission had imposed a ban on physical rallies and roadshows in the five poll-bound states on January 8.
New Delhi: The Election Commission will on Monday (January 31, 2022) review the Covid-19 situation in the five poll-bound states and decide on whether to continue the ban on physical rallies.
The poll panel is also likely to decide on whether fresh relaxations can be extended to political parties and candidates in holding physical campaigning events.
In view of the spike in coronavirus infections in the country, the Commission had imposed a ban on physical rallies and roadshows when it had announced the poll schedule for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur on January 8.
During its last meeting on January 22, it had then extended the ban till January 31 but had allowed public meetings with a maximum of 500 people in the constituencies going to polls in the first two phases and relaxed door-to-door campaign rules.
The Commission has been reviewing the situation regularly and has been granting relaxations to ensure that the virus does not spread and parties get an opportunity to hold physical campaigning in the restricted format.
The five states will go to the polls between February 10 and March 7.
Meanwhile, India recorded 2,34,281 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday and the total number of active cases across the country now stands at 18,84,937.
