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Oppn blaming EC since they anticipate defeat: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Constitution has established a process, and the Election Commission operates under a constitutional framework to conduct elections, maintain voter lists, and add or remove names from voter lists. This process has been ongoing in the country for many years, but anticipating their defe
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Supreme Court puts break on "disenfranchisement excercise": Yogendra Yadav
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Supreme Court has kind of put the brakes on the disenfranchisement exercise that was happening. We did not ask for a stay order. The SC did not give a stay order because that was not required at all. What was said was that in the current exercise, there is a serious danger of disenfranc
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"EC will go with SC's suggestion, let's wait": KC Venugopal on Supreme Cou
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was initiated by the Election Commission to update Bihar's electoral rolls, which has been met with resistance from opposition parties. They argued that the short timelines and stringent requirements could lead to disenfranchisement of many eligi
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Special Intensive Revision happened multiple times during Congress rule: A
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"There (in Bihar), intensive revision has happened several times. Today, Congress is asking why SIR (Special Intensive Revision) is taking place. Even during their time, it happened multiple times... Why have they made it an issue? In Bihar, NDA has done many development works and provided g
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"Vote theft, backdoor NRC": Oppn holds 'Bihar Bandh' against voter list re
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The INDIA bloc on Wednesday held a massive Bihar Bandh rally in Patna against electoral roll revision in the poll-bound state, where Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi alleged that the pattern of electoral manipulation seen in Maharashtra could be repeated in Bihar. Rashtriya
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Bihar: Kanhaiya Kumar, Pappu Yadav snubbed by security from boarding Rahul
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The incident occurred when both leaders attempted to board the van carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, but were stopped by security guards.
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"Pure electoral rolls inevitable for strengthening democracy," says CEC Gy
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Election Commission of India was, is and will always be with the electors of India," Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar said.
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Owaisi labels revision of voter list in Bihar as "backdoor NRC"
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Bihar backdoor NRC serves two clear purposes: it disempowers the poorest people of Bihar and paves the way for their exclusion from citizenship. In this country, voting is the only real power the poor have. That right cannot be snatched away just because someone doesn't have a specif
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"AIADMK alliance like murky pond, DMK's flowing like a clear river": Tamil
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Edappadi is unaware of history. He is drowned in the darkness of ignorance. AIADMK alliance is like a murky pond; you cannot catch fish in it. DMK alliance, on the other hand, is flowing like a clear river," Babu told reporters here.
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ECI reaffirms commitment to universal adult suffrage amid revision of elec
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On June 24, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that it would begin a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the state's assembly elections. The exercise aims to revise the electoral rolls in the state to include all eligible voters and elim
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Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav lead 'Bihar Bandh' protest in Patna against e
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, along with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, on Wednesday led the 'Bihar Bandh' protest in Patna against the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to undertake the Special Intensive Revision (SIR
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Rahul Gandhi to join 'Bihar Bandh' protests over electoral roll revisions
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reached Patna to join the 'Bihar Bandh' protests, organised by the INDIA block against the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list by the Election Commission of India ahead of the upcoming assembly polls.
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