A day after Madras High Court rebuked Election Commissionof India (ECI) over it failure in preventing the covid19 spread by allowingelection rallies and among other events, the EC today banned all victoryprocessions on the day of or even after counting of votes (May 2).
Legislative Assembly polls were scheduled in Tamil Nadu,Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry in eight phases, beginning March 27and ending April 29. The results of the elections were scheduled to beannounced on May 2.
"Not more than two persons shall be allowed toaccompany the winning candidate or his/her authorised representative receivethe certificate of election from the Returning Officer concerned," anElection Commission notification said today.
Meanwhile, Madras High Court on Monday said that the ECIofficials should be booked for murder charges for its failure in preventingpolitical parties from breaching Covid-19 protocol. Besides, for the sixthstraight day today, India logged over three lakh cases and 2,771 deaths, takingits overall caseload to over 1.76 crore and fatalities to 1,97,894.