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Will ban rallies if Covid-19 rules flouted: EC warns political parties

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Election Commission has flagged instances where star campaigners were seen without face masks and violating the Covid-19 safety rules during public meetings and rallies. "It is widely known that in the recent weeks, Covid cases are being reported in large numbers.

However, instances of election meetings/campaigns have come to the notice of the commission, where norms of social distancing, wearing of masks have been flouted in disregard to the commission's guidelines," the EC said in a letter to all political parties on Friday. "By doing so, the political parties and candidates are exposing themselves as well as the public attending such election meetings to the grave danger of the infection," the letter added.The EC said it has taken.

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