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"Anti-national act": Rahul Gandhi slams RSS, ECI over "vote chori" in Lok
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Addressing the Lower House of Parliament during a discussion on electoral reforms, Rahul Gandhi questioned the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government about the rationale for removing the Chief Justice of India from the committee to select the Chief Election Commissioners and Election
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"All Rahul Gandhi does is drama": BJP slams Lok Sabha LoP for questioning
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for questioning the committee that selects the Chief Election Commissioner, claiming that earlier the Prime Ministers had chosen the ECs directly under the UPA regime.
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"We will come and find you....": Rahul Gandhi says a Congress-led governme
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government of "capturing institutions including the Election Commission" during the debate on Electoral Reforms in Lok Sabha and said when a Congress-led government comes to power at the Centre, it will retrospectively change the
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"Peaceful polling process" underway in 7 districts: State Election Commiss
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The districts include Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam. The local body polls are being held in these districts across the three-tier panchayat system, including gram and block panchayats, municipalities, and corporations.
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"All preparations have been made": Kerala State Election Commissioner A Sh
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Kerala State Election Commissioner, A Shajahan, on Sunday announced that the state is gearing up for its local body elections, with polling scheduled from December 9 to 11 and counting on December 13.
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ECI largest organisation in world with over 1 million personnel: CEC Gyane
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar assumed the Chairmanship of the Council of Member States of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for 2026 and hailed the Election Commission of India (ECI) as the largest organisation in the
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West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari seeks micro observer supervision, full CCTV
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In his letter to the Election Commissioner, Adhikari on Wednesday urged that to "maintain neutrality" the second phase of SIR be placed strictly under the supervision of Micro Observers who should be Central Government employees. He also demanded that CCTV cover 100 per cent of the scruti
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Amarinder Singh Raja Warring flags "systematic denial" of NOCs in Punjab r
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a formal letter addressed to State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhari, IAS, the Punjab Congress chief demanded immediate intervention. He urged the Commission to issue strict directions ensuring that all responsible officials remain present at their stations and issue NOCs witho
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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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Gyanesh Kumar, ECI have blood on their hands: TMC's Derek O'Brien during S
Updated : 3 months, 4 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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Suvendu Adhikari alleges misuse of police by TMC during SIR, asks ECI to d
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging violation of the "neutrality" principle and misuse of police by the TMC government during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of elector
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MCD by-polls: Delhi Congress chief Devendra Yadav writes to CEC, alleges i
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Delhi Congress chief Devendra Yadav has written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Delhi alleging irregularities in the voter list in the Ashok Vihar Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) by-election.
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