Summary:
Patna: Bihar election 2020 will be the first Assembly election to be held amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, dates of which will be announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday.
The assembly is slated to lapse in November this year.
Many political parties had asked the Commission to defer the elections in the wake of the pandemic.
Rajya Sabha elections were held in June.
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Patna: Bihar election 2020 will be the first Assembly election to be held amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, dates of which will be announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday.
The assembly is slated to lapse in November this year.
Many political parties had asked the Commission to defer the elections in the wake of the pandemic.
Rajya Sabha elections were held in June.
In August, the EC released a standard guideline to conduct polls and bypolls amid the pandemic.
Going by that, campaigning in the run up to the high-octane Bihar Assembly Elections will be a muted affair this year.
Here are the guidelines
* Door-to-door campaign is subject to restrictions.
Only five, including the candidate but excluding the security personnel, are allowed for door-to-door campaigning.
*The convoy of vehicles should be broken after every five vehicles instead of 10 vehicles.The interval between two sets of convoy of vehicles should be half an hour instead of gap of 100 meters.
* Every person shall wear face masks during every election-related activity.
* Thermal screening of all persons.