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EC precludes change in Bengal survey plan; discloses to TMC not attainable to club remaining stages

New Delhi: EC precludes change in Bengal survey plan, The Election Commission on Wednesday precluded any adjustment of the timetable of the West Bengal get together surveys and told the Trinamool Congress that its idea to club the last three of the eight stages is “not practical”.

Reacting to a letter by TMC pioneer Derek O’Brien to the state boss appointive official, the Election Commission refered to arrangements of the Representation of the People Act and different advances it has taken to guarantee wellbeing of citizens taking into account the Covid pandemic to preclude any adjustment of the survey plan for the state.

While stage six of the West Bengal surveys is booked on Thursday, the seventh and eighth stages are on April 26 and 29.

In his letter, O’Brien had encouraged the survey board to club stage six, seven and eight of the decisions in the state to a solitary date asserting that 52 days of crusading were accessible to ideological groups and competitors.

In its answer, the survey board saw that notwithstanding an additional stage this time, the all out length of political decision period has been diminished to 66 days – 11 days not exactly the 2016 surveys.

It additionally pointed out that the quantity of surveying corners in the state have expanded by 12% when contrasted with that of in 2016.

Alluding to concerns raised by the TMC over Covid cases, the EC said it has utilized its sacred forces to restrict the mission time frame somewhere in the range of 7PM and 10AM to debilitate public gatherings.It has likewise stretched out the quietness period to 72 hours from 48 hours before end of survey in each stage.

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