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Plea seeking de-registration of AIMIM withdrawn after Supreme Court declin
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Telangana Shiv Sena President Tirupati Narasimha Murari has on Tuesday withdrawn his plea from the Supreme Court that sought to remove the registration of Asaduddin Owaisi's party, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), by the Election Commission.
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SC refuses to entertain plea to de-register AIMIM; allows filing of fresh
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A bench of Justices Justice Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, however, allowed the petitioner to withdraw the plea and granted liberty to file a fresh plea raising larger issues seeking reforms in the affairs of political parties.
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Bihar Polls : Owaisi criticises ECI over voter list revision; rules out jo
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday questioned the authority of the Election Commission of India to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive
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"NRC through back door...": AIMIM chief Owaisi slams EC over SIR in Bihar
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Supreme Court on July 10 allowed ECI to continue Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls while advising them to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity.
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"Tejashwi, Rahul have a problem with constitutional bodies": BJP's Pradeep
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused the opposition of undermining democratic institutions. Labelling them the "Gaali alliance," Bhandari criticised Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for targeting the media, the Election Commission, and the Supreme Court, alleging they opp
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"ECI doing a very good job": Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi backs Bihar's
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The EC sources have said that a large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and ration cards during house-to-house visits carried out as part of the SIR of electoral rolls in poll-boun
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"Why doesn't the EC hold a press conference?": Congress' Shama Mohamed sla
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Shama Mohamed on Sunday slammed the Election Commission of India and asked the electoral body to hold a press conference to address their recent claim related to the presence of foreign nationals in the Bihar voter list.
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"ECI has been exposed," says AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj ahead of Bihar polls
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi President Saurabh Bhardwaj said the Commission has been "exposed" in past elections in Delhi, Haryana, and Maharashtra, and accused it of engineering large-scale irregularities in the voters' lists to favour certain outcomes.
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"I believe this process is constitutional," BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy backs
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Monday backed the Election Commission of India on special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, saying it is the responsibility of the poll body to remove people from other countries from the voter list.
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Bihar SIR causing chaos: UP Congress chief Ajay Rai
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Monday claimed that special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list in Bihar was causing chaos and that voters were worried and troubled by the exercise.
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"EC has become Dhritarashtra": Pappu Yadav accuses poll body of "not respe
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, on Monday criticised the Election Commission of India, calling it "Dhritrashtra" over their decision to revise electoral rolls in Bihar, and accused them of "not respecting" the constitution or following Supreme Court advice.
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ECI should take people's concerns over voting rights seriously: CPI-ML lea
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The Supreme Court gave the suggestion that a committee of three people must be formed, which should have the PM, the leader of the opposition, and a judge of the Supreme Court. But the government reversed the decision and made a law under which the Election Commission was formed," Bhattacha
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