<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, State election officials have asked political parties to ensure that they follow the guidelines issued by the Commission regarding COVID-19 during the election process.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A meeting of all recognized political parties was organized on Wednesday for the by-elections to be held in 28 assembly constituencies.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chief Electoral Officer Veera Rana said polling will be held on November 3 and counting of votes will be taken up on November 10.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, during the meeting, election officials informed that, for submitting nominations, the number of persons and vehicles  accompanying the candidate should be restricted to two due to corona pandemic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In door-to-door campaigns, the number should be restricted to 5 persons including the candidate. During road shows, the convoy of vehicles must be restricted to 5 vehicles excluding vehicles used for security.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to around 1,28,000 after 2004 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The number of recovered cases in the state rose to more than 1 lakh.</span><br />