Summary:
New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) Congress leader Jagdish Sharma has filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court seeking postponement of assembly elections in the five states, citing the third wave of COVID-19.
Sharma, who has also floated the Rahul Priyanka Sena, has in the petition urged the court to issue directions to postpone the elections as the Omicron variant is spreading fast.
He also sought directions to ask the central and state governments to submit the plan for distribution of essential supplies and services during the third wave of the pandemic which is expected in the next 10 days.
He asked the court to direct the governments to submit the plan for availability and distribution of oxygen and to give directions to the Election Commission to postpone the polls for few weeks or months in all the five states.
"The court should order a writ in the nature of mandamus, thereby directing the Election Commission to postpone the election for few months/weeks in all five states," Sharma said in his petition.
"The court should also order a writ in the nature of mandamus, thereby directing the Delhi government to issue a direction for 14 days or less quarantine for the people returning from the states where election is commenced -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa," he added.