The political parties have asked the Election commission to postpone the Bihar assembly elections 2020 which were scheduled to be held this year due to COVID-19 pandemic and Floods, because the state has recorded the biggest spike of COVID-19 cases recently and is also affected by the Floods.

The Election Commission has opened themselves up for suggestions from political parties in Bihar about holding the elections in state during the wake of current situation. All the major parties, except Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Janata Dal (United) or JD(U), have asked for postponing the state polls,

The political parties (national and regional) have replied to the poll panel to schedule the elections. The BJP’s ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has also told the Election Commission that elections should not be held in the state in the current challenging situation as it will affect the health of people which can create more mess in this situation.

The Congress,Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other political have already sought the postponement of polls as they have not started the election related work. Meanwhile the BJP and JD(U) have, said that they are prepared for it and rest is left on the Election Commission to decide whether to hold election or not.

Meanwhile, Bihar has reported the biggest spike in Covid-19 cases with 3,521 new infections and 14 deaths on Saturday. The spike in cases coincided with the highest number of testing of samples – 28,624 – reported by the state health department on Saturday.

“Of the 3,521 cases reported Saturday, 2,502 samples were tested on July 31 and 1,019 on July 30, taking the state’s overall case tally to 54,508, with 18,722 active cases,” said Bihar’s health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh during the interaction with media.

The state is also battling with floods, which has claimed two more lives in Bihar on Saturday taking the death toll to 13. The number of people who are affected by the floods, across 14 districts, stood at 49.05 lakhs, up from 45.39 lakhs on Friday.

The state has also received a total average rainfall of 768.5 mm since the onset of monsoon, which was 46 per cent above normal.