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Owaisi writes to EC over special intensive revision of electoral rolls in
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, the AIMIM chief said, "Our request to the Election Commission of India is that we want a detailed explanation on the concerns which we have highlighted in the written representation which we have sent to the Election Commissioners."
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Uttarakhand panchayat elections to be held in two phases from July 24
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The notification signed by Sushil Kumar, Uttarakhand State Election Commissioner, comes after the Nainital High Court on Friday permitted the continuation of the panchayat election process, lifting its earlier stay order issued on June 23.
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As per mandate under the Article 326 of the Constitution, EC has started t
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"Article 326 specifies eligibility to become an elector. Only Indian citizens aged 18 years and above, and ordinary residents in that constituency, are eligible. Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has already started successfully in Bihar for verifying the eligibility of each elector with f
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AIMIM President Owaisi accuses Election Commission of quietly implementing
Updated : 9 months ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi accused the Election Commission of secretly implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bihar ahead of the upcoming state elections.
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"BJP can do anything through back door": SP chief Akhilesh Yadav supports
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday supported West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation that the Election Commission and the BJP could be using a backdoor to implement the NRC.
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Tejashwi Yadav questions special voter list revision in Bihar, alleges att
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav has questioned the Election Commission's decision to conduct a special revision of the voter list in Bihar months ahead of the assembly elections.
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"Election Commission runs like PM Modi's puppet": Cong leader Pawan Khera
Updated : 9 months ago IST
"We will talk about the Election Commission... Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and various leaders of the INDIA bloc are continuously discussing these issues. But the Election Commission runs like PM Modi's puppet," Khera told the reporters during his visit to Bihar.
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Uttarakhand Nainital High Court permits panchayat polls after reviewing re
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Uttarakhand High Court lifted its stay on three-tier panchayat elections, allowing the process to proceed after reviewing the state's reservation roster. The decision follows a halt on June 23, with the State Election Commission now set to announce a revised schedule.
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Election Commission initiates proceedings to delist 345 RUPPs
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI), under the Chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, has started proceedings for the delisting of 345 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) which have f
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"Lalu-Nitish rule turned entire Bihar into a labourers' state": Prashant K
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India has allotted the 'school bag' as the common election symbol to Jan Suraaj for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.
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Congress' demand for digital electoral rolls "not legally tenable", alread
Updated : 9 months ago IST
While acknowledging that the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has been demanding digital electoral rolls for the past seven months, ECI sources said that this is part of a Congress strategy spanning over eight years. They added that this fact "appears to have been sele
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As part of broader electoral reforms, Election Commission initiates procee
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The decision was announced by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, targeting parties that have failed to contest even a single election since 2019 and whose offices could not be physically located.
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