NEW DELHI: The
Election Commission on Saturday announced that by-elections to the Asansol parliamentary seat in West Bengal, which fell vacant in September last year after former Union minister
Babul Supriyo quit BJP and joined Trinamool Congress, will be held on April 12, along with bypolls to four assembly seats - Ballygunge in West Bengal, Khairagarh in Chhattisgarh, Bochahan (SC) in Bihar and Kolhapur North in Maharashtra.
The EC on Saturday said its revised Covid guidelines will also apply to these by-elections. Also, the State Disaster Management Authority's guidelines will have to be followed with the SDMA being responsible for all preventive and mitigation measures to ensure adherence to Covid protocols, the poll panel said.