CEC announces Assembly elections in five states with COVID safety norms
Jan 08, 2022
New Delhi, Jan 08 (ANI): While addressing a Press Conference ahead of Assemble election in five states in India including Goa, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra on January 08 said that ECI decided to announce polls with safety norms in place. “As COVID cases soared in view of Omicron variant, ECI held meetings with Union Health Secretary and Home Secretary, experts, and health secretaries of States. After taking these views and ground situation, ECI decided to announce polls with safety norms in place,” he said.