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"Misleading and divisive": Sambit Patra slams SP chief Akhilesh, Jamiat ch
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Sambit Patra on Saturday criticised recent statements by Maulana Mahmud Madani, chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, and Akhilesh Yadav, calling them "divisive and misleading."
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"What is the hurry?": SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav alleges pressure on Election
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav alleged that employees of the Election Commission of India are being pressured to complete the SIR process, questioning, "What is the hurry?" He further claimed that people in West Bengal are also raising complaints about the process.
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BJP forms national coordination committee on SIR; panel to review BLO safe
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The committee has been formed amid the repeated instances of BLO deaths. The issue of BLO's health and safety has also gotten the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) locking horns, with each of them claiming that the other one is threatening and intimidating BLOs
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Sachin Pilot flags concerns over SIR process, accuses ECI of lapses; shows
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI in Jaipur, Pilot said that while SIR has taken place multiple times in the past, "earlier when SIR occurred, there was neither any discussion nor any fear in people's minds. But for the first time, people are troubled by this."
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Ahead of by-elections in 12 wards of MCD, EC Delhi urges people to exercis
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ahead of the by-elections in 12 wards of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD), the State Election Commission, Delhi, urged people of Delhi to exercise their franchise on November 30.
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Goa ZP elections on Dec 20: 8.68 lakh voters to decide 50 seats as MCC com
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
There are nine reserved seats for women, seven for OBC and one for SC and ST respectively in North Goa. In South Goa, 10 seats are reserved for women, six for OBC and five for ST.
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"Election Commission not listening to objections, valid voters removed": B
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In the wake of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs holding a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President Prasanna Acharya alleged that valid voters have been deleted from the electoral rolls on the pretext of Special Intensive Revision (SIR)
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ECI writes to DGP, Kolkata Police Commissioner to ensure security of BLOs
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a letter addressed to the Director General of Police (DGP) of West Bengal and the Kolkata Police Commissioner, the poll body emphasised that BLOs must not be subjected to pressure, threats or interference from political party workers, stressing that such acts undermine the integrity of
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EC warns AITC delegation against interfering with BLOs, rebuts allegations
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to sources, the Commission issued a detailed, point-by-point rebuttal to all "baseless allegations and unfounded apprehensions" raised by the AITC delegation. The ECI stressed that the ongoing electoral roll revision exercise is conducted strictly as per constitutional provision
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TMC relies on infiltrators, dead and fake voters; opposes SIR out of fear:
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday said the party is opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) out of fear.
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Pawan Khera slams Assam CM Sarma's administration, alleging large-scale co
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's administration, alleging large-scale corruption and erosion of the state's cultural identity.
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Gyanesh Kumar, ECI have blood on their hands: TMC's Derek O'Brien during S
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"10 MPs from the All India Trinamool Congress met with the Chief Election Commissioner Mr Kumar and his team. We first handed over to him a list of almost 40 dead because of the SIR process. We started the meeting by telling him that Mr Kumar and the Election Commission of India have bloo
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