A delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in Bihar's Patna to review poll preparedness ahead of the upcoming Legislative Assembly polls.
According to a press release, the Election Commission of India on Friday organised a briefing for General, Police and Expenditure Observers to be deployed as Central Observers for the forthcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and bye-elections in certain states.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar expressed gratitude towards all the electors, political parties and other key stakeholders involved in the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Bihar, as the Election Commission issued the final electoral roll ahead of the Assembly elec
Leader of Opposition in Lok Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and alleged that the ECI took a corrective measure for voter deletion only after he alleged "vote theft" in Aland.
After the Election Commission of India (ECI) dismissed his fresh allegations, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi urged the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to "stop giving excuses" and asked him to release the evidence to the Karnataka CID immediately.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a meeting with a delegation from the Communist Party of India, led by its General Secretary D. Raja, on Thursday at Nirvachan Sadan, Delhi, to receive their suggestions, ECI said in a release.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi criticised the Election Commission, saying that the Chief Election Commissioner's press conference gave rise to additional questions rather than answering Rahul Gandhi's "vote theft" allegations.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday launched an attack against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and said that he did not present clear answers with facts in his press conference.
"If anyone who has been affected due to this (vote theft) is Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sena. The whimsical behaviour of the CEC...I said whimsical, but it is vikshipt (deranged). We have constantly demanded answers on the 70 lakh new additional voters. The MVA performed well in the 2