The Election Commission of India (ECI) on October 6 announced that by-elections for eight assembly constituencies across seven states and Union Territories will take place on November 11.
Speaking to reporters, Azmi said, "I support that. 'Vote chori' has been done. Rahul Gandhi has produced all the data. Even in our areas, hundreds are votes are cast from outside. The Election Commission is not working on this properly. I support this rally, but I am not a member of this
"...The list of my area has 5 lakh 40 thousand votes. If someone goes somewhere else, they are added to that area as well, but there is no deletion. They go somewhere else, but their name is not deleted from that area... Without conducting a survey, the correct things will not come out...
"I want to thank the Election Commission for the SIR. There are some states that are opposing the SIR. The INDIA alliance is opposing it. It looks like the government of West Bengal has become the Government of Bangladesh. These people oppose it only to get Muslim votes. They want to turn
"The Election Commission of India's decision to implement a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters list in Kerala and other states is a direct challenge to the democratic process," the Kerala CM said in a statement.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Mahua Maji on Tuesday called for fair conduct of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying that no one will have objections if it is done "impartially."
"Election Commission continues to think that with its brazen non-response to genuine concerns of vote manipulation, they will be able to escape accountability. But deep dive into every constituency is consistently showing vote scam," Chaturvedi posted on X.
Dilip Ghosh noted that none of the political parties registered any official complaints with the ECI against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and emphasised that no genuine voter's name can be removed from the electoral rolls.
Annadurai highlighted the "unanswered questions" from Bihar and asked how the ECI intends to apply the findings from the SIR conducted there to other states. He also questioned why Assam was omitted from the exercise. The DMK leader further alleged that the ECI was acting as a "citizenshi
Earlier, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose welcomed the Election Commission's move to hold the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision in 12 States and Union Territories on Monday.
After the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced to conduct the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 States and Union Territories, including West Bengal, State Minister Shashi Panja iterated that party leaders have been directed to stop makin