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"EC exerting its monopoly, working on instructions of government": SP MP D
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The whole opposition stands united because somewhere we all can see that the Election Commission is exerting its monopoly and working on the instructions of the government. This government is destroying the democratic setup of the country... If the Election Commission had to do this exer
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Why not provide voter list? There should be transparency: Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"They should respond to the allegations. They should provide us with the voters' list, which we have been asking for. There should be transparency. It is a democracy. All political parties should have access to that information. Why is it not being provided?" Priyanka Gandhi told reporter
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Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury moves Rule 267 notice in Rajya Sabha, seeks d
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chowdhury expressed concerns that the ongoing voter list revision drive in Bihar poses a "risk of disenfranchising millions" and raised questions about the "fairness" of the process due to "opaque guidelines."
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JDU issues show-cause notice to MP Girdhari Yadav over EVMs remarks, warns
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In the notice sent to Girdhari Yadav, the party reminded him that JDU has consistently supported the Election Commission of India and the use of EVMs, both when it was part of INDIA bloc and now as a member of NDA.
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99% of electors have already been covered in SIR: ECI
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said that 99 per cent of electors have already been covered under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, ECI said in an official statement.
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"Completely biased": Congress' Venugopal accuses Election Commission of b
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Election Commission of India is conducting a Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the assembly elections in the state later this year.
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"Should names of those who have died be removed or not?" asks Bihar BJP ch
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jaiswal's remarks came during an ongoing review of the Special Intensive Revision drive conducted by the Election Commission to clean up the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.
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"Wait for verdict of HC": ECI sources on Rahul Gandhi's "cheating" allegat
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Hours after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of indulging in "cheating" during the voter list revision process in a constituency in Karnataka, poll body sources on Thursday said to wait for the verdict of the High Court re
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"Election Commission is running under influence of BJP": Karnataka Ministe
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre on Thursday criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI), amid the Opposition's continuous protest over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar, for working under the influence of the BJP.
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"Consider situation of ordinary people": Manish Tewari reiterates JD(U) MP
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Earlier on Wednesday, JD(U) MP Giridhari Yadav criticised the SIR in Bihar, claiming that the Election Commission has no practical knowledge.
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Tejashwi Yadav warns of boycotting upcoming Bihar elections over SIR row
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid the row over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission (EC), Bihar Assembly's Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday warned of boycotting the upcoming Bihar elections if it is not rolled back.
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"SIR intentionally attempts to exclude Dalits, Adivasis, and Minorities":
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
As the Opposition continued to train guns on the Centre over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter list in Bihar, Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Sandosh Kumar said that the exercise "intentionally" attempts to exclude Dalits, Adivasis, and Minorities from the voting list.
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