EC to decide on Bihar polls in next two days

September 21, 2020 18:34

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Monday said the commission would take a decision on holding Bihar elections within the next two to three days after visiting the state.

Arora made the remark while speaking about the tough predicament faced by election management bodies across the world on whether and how to hold scheduled elections in a state of public health emergency such as Covid-19.

Chairperson the Association of World Election Bodies, Arora on Monday inaugurated an international webinar on the theme 'Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during Covid-19: Sharing Country Experiences' to mark the completion of one year of chairmanship by India.

Explaining the impact of Covid-19 on elections, Arora highlighted how the pandemic's exigencies and social distancing measures necessitated a revisit of the ECI's extant instructions and mentioned the specific and detailed guidelines that have been drawn up on conducting elections.

-- ANI

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