Rajya Sabha Polls Set For Thursday Deferred Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
The Rajya Sabha polls had been to be held for 18 seats that can fall vacant after the time period of contributors ends.
New Delhi:
The Rajya Sabha election scheduled for Thursday has been deferred amid India’s combat in opposition to coronavirus. The Election Fee will overview the location after March 31.
“The present unexpected state of affairs of public well being emergency signifies the desire for avoidance of probabilities of gatherings of any nature, which disclose all involved to conceivable well being danger,” the Election Fee stated in a observe.
The ballot procedure would have concerned the collection of polling officers, brokers of political events, reinforce officers and MLAs, stated the ballot frame, “which will not be appropriate in view of the existing unexpected state of affairs and similar advisories within the nation.”
The polls had been to be held for 18 seats that can fall vacant after the time period of contributors ends.
The seats come with 4 each and every in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, 3 each and every in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, two in Jharkhand and one each and every in Manipur and Meghalaya.
Nominations had been filed for 55 Rajya Sabha seats in 17 states. Of those, 37 applicants had been elected unopposed after the cut-off date for withdrawal of nomination ended on Wednesday.
