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The Covid-19 cases in poll-bound Manipur have been rising with the positivity rate of the contagious virus increasing from 4.1 per cent to 7.1 per cent for the past five days, officials said on Saturday.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday extended the ban on physical rallies and roadshows in the five poll-bound states till January 22.

Worried over soaring COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs has instructed Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) on election duty in five poll-bound states to strictly follow safety protocols.

With an aim to conduct free, fair and safe Assembly elections in five states, Election Commission of India is holding a meeting with the poll observers here on Friday.

Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday organized a meeting for observers, who will be deployed for the upcoming Assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ramped up its efforts ahead of the Assembly elections in five states, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghs (RSS) Muslim wing, Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), is reaching out to Muslims voters in these states seeking votes for BJP, stating that the saffron party is the biggest well-wisher of the minority community.

Amid seeming tussle in Punjab Congress over the declaration of chief ministerial candidate ahead of assembly polls, state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said he is not running for any post and took a swipe at the system which, he said, could not give justice in sacrilege and drugs cases.

The pre-poll churning in Uttar Pradesh has seen the BJP getting a jolt with six MLAs resigning from the party and three ministers quitting the government amid signals that they will join Samajwadi Party.

The Union Health Ministry has applied filters to CoWIN software to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modis photo does not appear on vaccination certificates in the five poll-bound states to comply with the model code of conduct, sources said.

Covid vaccine certificates in the five poll-bound states will not have Prime Minister Narendra Modis picture because of the Model Code of Conduct that has come into place.