Patna: Amid ongoing preparations for the upcoming polls by the political parties, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in Patna High Court on Thursday demanding postponement of state Assembly elections in view of the rising COVID-19 positive cases in the state.
Senior Advocate Narayan Singh said: "61 countries across the world have postponed the elections due to increase in coronavirus cases. But, the Election Commission in Bihar is preparing for the polls."
"I already wrote letters to Governor, President, Home Minister, Chief Minister and Election Commission regarding this matter. There was no response after which I filed a PIL for which token has been received," he further added.
Singh claimed that there was no response to the letter in which he appealed to postponed the upcoming election.
Meanwhile, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan chaired a meeting with senior party leaders to review its strategy for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.
The BJP, Janata Dal (United) and the LJP are allies in Bihar, but an increasing rift between the two regional parties in the state has made the task of seat-distribution among them a complex exercise with the BJP seen to be working to smoothen the ties among its partners.
On the other hand, the Congress sought to downplay reports of infighting within the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar and instead claimed that it was the ruling NDA that ran the risk of disintegration in the run-up to the assembly polls in the state.
The Bihar Assembly polls are likely to be held this year in October-November but the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to make any official announcement in this regard.
