patna a proposal for combined campaign in the upcoming bihar assembly polls digital as well as physical is under active consideration of the election commission of india eci a senior official of the poll panel said the assembly polls are due in the state in octobernovember this yearthe eci is learned to have decided to take a final decision on the mode of campaigning for the polls after july 31 the deadline set for the political parties to offer their views on the matter the eci official said on condition of anonymity that the commission had never said earlier it would go for digital campaigning only under such a situation the commission may opt for combined campaigning he addedthe officer who is closely monitoring the preparation for the forthcoming polls said the new proposal would suit the political parties which have been favouring traditional way of election campaign the bottom line is that social distancing norms are followed he saidopposition parties in the state are opposed to virtual rallies a delegation of nine political parties had met the chief election commissioner in new delhi recently and urged him to provide a level playing field to the contestants and the political partiesthe rjd believes the virtual rallies are meant for rich parties virtual rallies are not good for the health of indian democracy rjd rajya sabha member manoj jha had said in a letter submitted to the eci earlier meanwhile the state election commission has started preparing for the polls additional ceo baijunath kumar prasad singh said the initial training of returning officers police officers panchayat functionaries and others has already been completed asked about the ecis move for a mixed election campaign the aceo said i have no idea about it i will be able to make any comment on the issue only after guidelines are issued by the eci in this regard meanwhile senior cpim leader sitaram yechury took to twitter on monday opposing proposal to allow virtual campaign and voting in the state this will exclude vast number of people from participating in electoral process he tweeted