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BJP's Kirit Somaiya urges action over Congress' Bhai Jagtap's "kutta" rema
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Somaiya said, "I have written to the Election Commission and also filed a complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner. Such a kind of insult, the humiliation of the Election Commission which is a constitutional body can't be tolerated. Action should be initiated against Bh
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Democracy being disreputed because of Election Commission's "sycophancy":
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"I will not apologise at all, not even a bit...If they are working under pressure from the PM and other ministers then what I have said is right," he said.
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"Huge scam in percentage of votes in Assembly polls": Maharashtra Cong chi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Accusing the Election Commission of India of tampering with voter data in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly elections, state Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday wrote to the ECI and asked how voter turnout increased by 7.83 percentage points after the official polling time had end
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"During failure, political leaders start blaming EVMs..," says BJP MP Dine
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
On opposition claims regarding EVMs, BJP MP Dinesh Sharma said that opposition parties 'failure' is the result of losing elections rather than blaming EVMs.
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Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer terms report about 'additional votes'
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer has termed as "inaccurate and mischievous" report on a news website about "additional votes" in the state assembly polls and "mismatch" in two assembly constituencies.
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"When trust of voters start shaking on EVMs, EC should listen": Congress M
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi on Tuesday defended Party President Mallikarjun Kharge statement "We do not want EVMs, we want ballot papers", saying that if trust of a "larger section of voters in voting machines starts shaking then the Election Commission should listen to it."
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Election Commission announces bypolls to six Rajya Sabha seats
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced bypolls for six vacant Rajya Sabha seats with polling slated to take place on December 20
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MPCC President Nana Patole meets Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Ravindra Cha
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Earlier on November 24, as per results by Election Commission of India, Congress had won the Lok Sabha Constituencies of Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
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"BJP won election by manipulating Targeted Polling Booths through EVM": Co
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress leader Singh also claimed that the results of the Maharashtra elections unfolded exactly as the BJP wished, highlighting that they fielded 148 candidates and secured victory for 132 of them, with a success strike rate of 89 per cent.
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ECI officials present Gazette with names of elected Maharashtra MLAs to Go
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Deputy Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Hirdesh Kumar, and Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra, State S Chockalingam, called on Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on Sunday.
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BSP will not contest any bypolls, announces party chief Mayawati
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Following the announcement of bypoll results in Uttar Pradesh and assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, BSP national president Mayawati on Sunday announced that her party will not contest any bypolls in the country from now on, till the Election Commission does not take strict
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Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu congratulates Priyanka Gandhi on Wayanad by-elec
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to the Election Commission, Priyanka Gandhi won the Wayanad bypoll by 4,10,931 votes by defeating BJP candidate Navya Haridas and CPI candidate Sathyan Mokeri. She won 6,22,338 votes, Sathyan Mokeri bagged 2,11,407 and Navya Haridas managed to win 1,09,939 votes.
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