TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Former Union minister and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) convenor Yashwant Sinha on Thursday joined a host of political leaders to seek postponement of the Bihar assembly polls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polls are due in the months of October-November in the state, which has, till date, witnessed 1.15 lakh COVID-19 cases, including 574 fatalities. The Election Commission, however, has not made any official announcement about the poll schedule.
Sinha said that it was an “irony” that political activities have been put on hold for now owing to the rise in number of coronavirus cases, but nothing was being done to delay the elections. “I am of the view that assembly elections should not be held in the current scenario. Polls should be conducted later,” Sinha told.
