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Political parties rethink election strategies amid Omicron wave in India

For the upcoming elections in India, candidates are conducting social media campaigns instead of large rallies after they were banned due to Covid-19 restrictions. Getty Images/Xavier Arnau

With India in the grip of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, political parties have curtailed their hectic and boisterous campaigns and have so far relied on digital campaigns to reach out to voters with a ban on physical rallies and roadshows.

Restrictions on election campaigns across five poll-bound Indian states will stay in place till the end of this month as daily infections have been hitting the 300,000 mark, said the federal election commission.

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