Lashing out at the ruling BJP over the ongoing delimitation exercise by the Election Commission in Assam, Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal on Thursday said it was a ploy to target the Muslims in the state.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the ongoing delimitation exercise under way in Assam but agreed to hear a challenge made to it by opposition leaders of the state.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Advocate Ashutosh Dubey on Tuesday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India against the renaming of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) as Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) saying that it "appears to be using the name of our nation
The petition also challenged Section 8A of the Representation of People Act, 1950 as per which the Election Commission is exercising its power in conducting the delimitation process.
CEC Rajiv Kumar led a three-member Election Commission of India (ECI) delegation to Cartagena, Colombia to attend the 11th meeting of the Executive Board of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), according to the statement released by Election Commission on Wednesday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader from Ajit Pawar side Praful Patel on Friday said that they request the Election Commission of India (ECI) that the official symbol of the party be given to them.
The Ajit Pawar faction has claimed that the meeting of the national executive, national working committee, national office bearers, state party presidents of Nationalist Congress Party called by Sharad Pawar in New Delhi on Thursday has no legal sanctity.
The sources said the Election Commission has also received a caveat from Jayant Patil, who is with the Sharad Pawar group. He also informed the panel that they have initiated a disqualification process against nine MLAs who joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government in the state on Sunday.