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He said that as the British had come to loot India, Kejriwal and his Delhi family like Raghav Chadha and other outsiders had come to loot Punjab. “But Punjab will show them their place, just as it did the Mughals and the British,” he said.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BJP, calling it “anti-women”. He said, “Those who do not have manners, do not give tongues.” “A vulgar statement by a BJP chief minister… is a symbol of the anti-feminist thinking of the BJP… an insult to every mother,” he said.
Meanwhile, citing significant improvement in the COVID-19 situation, the Election Commission on Saturday relaxed pandemic-induced restrictions on assembly election campaigns in five states, allowing padyatras with a limited number of people and in number of hours. can be promoted. In one day. According to the poll panel, campaigning can now be done between 6 am to 10 pm instead of earlier 8 am to 8 pm, following all COVID-appropriate practices and protocols of state disaster management officials. This will give candidates and parties four more hours to campaign in a day.
Citing rise in COVID-19 cases, poll panel banned physical rallies, road shows and padyatras while announcing polling schedule for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur on January 8 Was. The Commission is reviewing the pandemic situation from time to time and allowing certain exemptions. According to a statement by the Election Commission, political parties and candidates can campaign with a maximum of 50 per cent of the capacity of designated open spaces or the limit prescribed by the state disaster management authorities, whichever is lower.
Till now the limit for outdoor events such as meetings and rallies was 30 per cent of the open space or the capacity of the land. On the padyatra, the Election Commission said such gatherings cannot be attended by more than the number permitted by the state disaster management officials. Prior permission of the district administration has to be obtained.
The poll watchdog said on Saturday it periodically reviewed the pandemic situation in the country, especially in the electoral states. “As per the information received from the Union Health Secretary, the ground situation of COVID has improved significantly and the cases are declining rapidly in the country. The highest number of cases have been reported from non-poll states even among the reported cases,” it said. The polled states are contributing to a very small proportion of the total reported cases in the country. It was noted that the all-India figure of COVID cases has come down from about 3.47 lakh on January 21 to around 50,000 on Saturday.
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