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Bypolls To 3 Lok Sabha, 8 Assembly Seats Deferred Due To Covid Bypolls To 3 Lok Sabha, 8 Assembly Seats Deferred Due To Covid The poll body just fought it out in the Supreme Court against recent remarks by the Madras High Court that the Commission was singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid .
New Delhi:
The Election Commission, caught in an avalanche of criticism over conducting polls amid the Covid pandemic, has postponed the next round a handful of by-elections. Three Lok Sabha seats and eight seats in state assemblies were up for election in this round. The Commission has reviewed the matter today and has decided that due to the outbreak of the second wave of Covid-19 in the country it would not be appropriate to hold bye-elections till the pandemic situation improves and conditions become conducive., read a statement from the Commission.
Trinamool Congress supporters in large numbers gathered outside the BJP office in Kolkata.
New Delhi:
The Election Commission has urged all states and Union Territories to ensure that no victory processions are held by political parties as leads indicated winners in five states. Videos from Kolkata have shown celebrations by Trinamool supporters in pockets of Kolkata and some rural areas.
Hundreds of mask-less supporters, faces smeared in green, were seen waving flags outside the party office a dangerous situation in a state where Covid is threatening to spill out of control. Similar celebrations were seen in rural areas.
Celebrations were also held by supporters of the DMK in Tamil Nadu where the party is set to come back in power after a decade.
WB polls: Widow of TMC leader, who died of COVID-19, files complaint against EC ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 07:31 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 29 (ANI): The widow of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Khardaha Kajal Sinha, who died of Covid-19 on April 25, has filed a complaint against the Election Commission.
Sinha s wife, Nandita, has accused Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain along with other officials of the poll panel of not ensuring the safety of candidates or general public during the ongoing pandemic .
Sinha was the TMC candidate for the Khardaha constituency in North 24 Parganas, which underwent polling in the sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.
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West Bengal polls 2021: Widow of TMC leader, who died of COVID-19, files complaint against EC
The widow of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Khardaha Kajal Sinha, who died of Covid-19 on April 25, has filed a complaint against the Election Commission. Sinha s wife, Nandita, has accused Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain along with other officials of the poll panel of not ensuring the safety of candidates or general public during the ongoing pandemic .
Sinha was the TMC candidate for the Khardaha constituency in North 24 Parganas, which underwent polling in the sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.