Bihar Oppn parties object to virtual rallies ahead of elections
(WorldNews India)

Opposition parties in Bihar have objected to virtual rallies as a mode of campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections. The RJD, CPI, CPI (M), NCP, BSP and RLSP have argued that digital campaigning would violate the level-playing field and favour rich parties with “resources”. They pitched for small meetings and gatherings of voters instead. The parties put their views forward in an all-party meeting called by the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on June 26. The BJP, which held virtual rallies throughout last month, supported the digital mode of campaigning in the all-party meeting and said it would be “inappropriate” for the Election Commission (EC) to ban it. Its ally JD(U) was...