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Modi bribed Varanasi voters, why EC not keeping eye as in Bengal?: Mayawat
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday alleged that Narendra Modi bribed and threatened voters in Varanasi and questioned why the Election Commission is not keeping an eye on the parliamentary constituency like in West Bengal.
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MP: Report on Pragya Thakur submitted to EC over Godse 'deshbhakt' remark
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): District Election Officer from Agar Malwa on Friday submitted his report to Madhya Pradesh Election Commission in the matter related to BJP Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's statement that "Nathuram Godse was, is and will remain a 'de
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LS polls: EC announces re-poll at polling booth in Chandni Chowk seat
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Election Commission of India ordered on Thursday re-poll at a polling station in Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency.
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TDP opposes EC's 'undemocratic' order for repolling in 5 booths
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 17 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday "strongly opposed" the Election Commission's decision to hold repolling at five booths under Chandragiri and Chittoor parliamentary constituencies and termed it as "partial one-sided and undemocratic".<
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EC seeks factual report from MP CEO over Pragya Thakur's 'Godse is patriot
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Thursday sought a factual report from Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in the matter of Pragya Singh Thakur's statement in which she termed Mahatma Gandhi's assassin as a "true patriot".
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End of campaign in WB: Opposition meets EC
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A delegation of the Opposition parties on Thursday met the Election Commission (EC) and registered its strong opposition to its decision to end the campaigning early in West Bengal after violence erupted during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata
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Omar, Mehbooba hail Mamata for standing against BJP, question EC
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and her predecessor Omar Abdullah have extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is locked in a bitter fight with BJP, while questioning the Election Commission's decision to
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Petition in Delhi court seeking ECI direction to review political parties'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to review political parties registered with religious, caste, ethnic or linguistic connotations and de-register them if they fail to r
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Bengal has money to make Vidyasagar's statue: Mamata hits back at Modi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mathurapur (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Hours after Narendra Modi promised a grand statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where the old one stood before being vandalised, Mamata Banerjee shot back and asserted that West Bengal has the money required for the polymath'
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EC has one set of rules for opposition and another for ruling party: M K S
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)[India], May 16 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India for cutting short the campaign period in West Bengal, DMK chief M K Stalin on Thursday backed Trinamal Congress saying the EC has one set of rules for the opposition and another for
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ECI's decision to cut short campaigning in WB a 'dark spot on India's demo
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Congress on Thursday termed Election Commission of India's (ECI) unprecedented move to curtail the campaign period in West Bengal for the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls as a "parting gift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP" and a "dark spot on Ind
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Imposing campaign ban after PM's rally unfair, EC acting under pressure: M
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of acting under pressure from the Central government, a day after the poll body cut short the campaign period in West Bengal by a day.
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