Let political parties switch to virtual rallies, says Gopalkrishna Gandhi
The Hindu
Electoral democracy and public health should not be “out of harmony”, he tells E.C.
Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Sunday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to immediately ban all political rallies and door-to-door campaigning in the State and switch to virtual rallies to avoid the spread of COVID-19. In his letter, Mr. Gandhi said the electoral democracy and public health should not be “out of harmony”. “Please consider placing an immediate ban on all public rallies and door-to-door campaigning in the State till the last vote has been cast on April 29. And direct them to move to virtual campaigning. It should not be said that India’s electoral democracy and India’s public health are out of harmony,” he wrote in his letter to the CEC.
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