Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday challenged the Electoral Commission, saying “this is the most irresponsible institution in the country” that did nothing to prevent political parties from transgressing. Covid-19 protocol.
The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, while a plea from the Minister of Transport, Mr. of the exercise of authority. You did not take action against political parties, although the court said: “Maintain Covid protocol, maintained Covid protocol. “
The court notes: “We assure you that we will stop counting if we do not find a blueprint before 2 May on how the proper maintenance of Covid protocol is ensured so that this condition does not succumb further to the peculiarities. ”
The Chief Justice also noted that public health is of paramount importance and that it is worrying to remind constitutional authorities of the count and possibilities of a further upsurge after 2 May.
The Tamil Nadu Minister of Transport has sent a petition to the Electoral Commission to take a number of measures to ensure fairness during the counting of votes for the Karur constituency on May 2, where he contested the election as a candidate for AIADMK. There were 77 candidates in the Karur constituency.
Source: Telangana Today