Madras HC holds Election Commission responsible for 2nd Covid wave, says officials should be booked for murder

The Madras HC on Monday pulled up the Election Commission for allowing political rallies during the pandemic. Your institution is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid-19, the Chief Justice told the poll body.

The Madras High Court on Monday slammed the Election Commission of India for allowing political rallies amid a deadly second wave of Covid-19. The EC is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid-19 by not stopping political parties from holding election rallies, Madras HC Chief Justice Sanjib Bannerjee said on Monday as he reprimanded the poll body. The Madras HC also observed that the Election Commission officials should be booked for murder.