Alleging ballot rigging in the West Bengal panchayat polls which is marred by violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu called for re-polling in Bengal, claiming that presiding officers and election staff were engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
This is the most sacred day for democracy...The election must be through ballots and not bullets," the Governor said while talking to the reporters in the State. Around 5.67 crore voters are likely to exercise their franchise to choose representatives for nearly 928 seats across 22 zilla
BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged "TMC hoologanism crossed all limits" and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with the Chief Electoral Officer of the state were "responsible" for murders.
A polling booth at Baravita Primary School in Sitai, Cooch Behar has been allegedly vandalised and ballot papers were set on fire after voting began for the single-phase panchayat polls in West Bengal.
In their first meeting, the board will allocate administrative positions among its members and elect a vice president through consensus or secret ballot.
Election Commission data showed on Monday that Thailand's progressive opposition was well ahead with nearly all ballots counted, delivering a heavy defeat to conservative parties allied with the military for nearly a decade.
The mega battle for the ballot is set to start in the poll-bound state Karnataka as 2,615 candidates are in the fray, in a bid to attract voters for the 224 assembly constituency.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI/NewsReach): Ballot Now, a voting software start-up bootstrapped by Aman Rishu and backed by Angel Investors and institutions such as IIT, DU, Atal Incubation Centre, IIC Niti Aayog, has bagged a grant under the Startup India initiative launched by Ministry of Co