Poll Body To Meet Centre's Top Health Official For UP Preps Amid Omicron

Saturday, 25 December 2021newsdesk

The Election Commission will meet Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday, poll body sources told NDTV this morning, to discuss the Covid situation - specifically the threat posed by the Omicron strain - in Uttar Pradesh and four other states due to hold elections in February-March. The meeting will take place a day before the commission's Dec 28-30 visit to UP.

New Delhi, 25 December 2021

As per news report of NDTV, The meeting also follows a suggestion from the Allahabad High Court - to defer the election in the state due to concerns of an Omicron-led third wave of coronavirus infections. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra yesterday told reporters: "I will be visiting UP next week. An appropriate decision as required by the situation will be taken after we review it." On Thursday the Allahabad High Court asked the Election Commission to postpone the February-March election. The court also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban poll-related gatherings. "If rallies are not stopped, results will be worse than the second wave," the court said, modifying the Prime Minister's lockdown slogan to add, "Jaan hai toh jahaan hai (if there is life, we have the world)."

Source - NDTV