States »EasPosted at: Apr 16 2021 6:30PM

Calcutta High Court asks ECI to submit report on implementation of Covid-19 protocols during voting

Kolkata, Apr 16 (UNI) Calcutta High Court today asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to submit a report on Monday on the implementation of Covid-19 protocols in the 45 assembly constituencies across six districts in the fifth phase of the assembly polls to be held on Saturday.
A two-judge bench comprising chief justice T B N Radhakrishnan and Arijit Banerjee on Tuesday directed the ECI that all health-related guidelines must be maintained in the strictest possible manner with regard to campaigning by political parties for the West Bengal assembly polls.
The bench had also ordered all district magistrates to ensure the guidelines laid down by the ECI and CEO and said that the administration must ensure that “all the COVID-19 guidelines are strictly adhered to in the public interest.”
The court issued the order responding to two public interest litigations.
The chief electoral officer (CEO), West Bengal, Aariz Aftab, called an all party meeting today to discuss the issue and ordered all district magistrates to ensure strict implementation of COVID-19 protocols during poll campaigns for the remaining four phases.
UNI XC-AND