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"Did he resign to contest polls on BJP ticket?": Jairam Ramesh questions r
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday questioned the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, asking if he stepped down to contest elections on a BJP ticket.
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"BJP is anti-Bengal and anti-Bengali," says TMC MP Sagarika Ghosh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Calling the Bharatiya Janata Party "anti-Bengal and anti-Bengali," Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose on Sunday claimed the BJP is the party of "outsiders and zamindars" adding that TMC will not allow the party to come into Bengal and loot people's votes.
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"EC an extended branch of BJP": Sanjay Raut, Kapil Sibal question resignat
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Weighing in on the surprise resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel barely weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday labelled the poll panel as an "extended branch of the BJP".
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Odisha's Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art to raise awareness among 'Firs
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created sand art to raise awareness among 'First Time Voters' on Puri's beach. The sand art depicts a message, "Mera Pehla Vote Desh ke Liye," which translates into 'My first vote for the nation'.
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"Govt doesn't want free and fair election": KC Venugopal on Election Commi
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"This is quite shocking; just before the declaration of elections, the Election Commissioner has resigned. Now, only one Election Commissioner is there... What is happening in this Election Commission? The entire country is anxious. The government of India doesn't want a free and fair ele
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"Deeply concerning": KC Venugopal on EC Arun Goel's resignation ahead of L
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Soon after the resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said that it is 'deeply concerning' for the health of the world's largest democracy that Election Commissioner has resigned on the cusp of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Arun Goel resigns as Election Commissioner ahead of LS polls
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Election Commissioner Arun Goel on Saturday resigned from the post.
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Pakistan: Akbar Babar challenges Imran Khan party's intra-party polls
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Akbar S Babar filed two separate pleas with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday challenging the recent intra-party elections of the party founded by Imran Khan.
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Lok Sabha polls: EC officials led by Deputy Election Commissioner holds se
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In line with the preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a team of the Election Commission of India arrived in Assam's Guwahati on Tuesday.
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CEC Rajiv Kumar reviews poll preparedness in West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"There will be a few polling stations which will be run entirely by women. We will try to deploy female security personnel in those polling stations... Similarly, some polling stations will be established entirely by persons with disabilities. This will present an example for the society
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Chief Election Commissioner reviews poll preparations in Uttar Pradesh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that transparent elections will be ensured in the entire country, including Uttar Pradesh. He also said that the election schedule will be announced soon.
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Tehreek-i-Insaf seeks contempt proceedings against Election Commission of
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The applicants, citing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, four ECP members, and the Sindh election commissioner as the alleged contemnors, asserted that the officials had not complied with the SHC order issued on February 13 concerning their election grievances
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