A delegation of the Election Commission of India arrived in Kolkata on Tuesday for a review meeting of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise underway in West Bengal.
AIADMK leader V V Rajan Chellappa launched a sharp attack on the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), alleging "administrative misconduct" during Special Intensive Revision (SIR) activities in the state.
Addressing the gathering, AIADMK leader Rajan Chellappa said that the Election Commission is presently conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across Tamil Nadu.
The ruling NDA got 202 seats, a three-fourths majority in the 243-member House. This is the second time the NDA has crossed the 200-mark in the assembly polls. In the 2010 polls, it had won 206 seats.
Meanwhile, putting speculations to rest, Maharashtra Minister and BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Tuesday that the BJP, Shiv Sena and the NCP in the Mahayuti alliance will contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections in the state together.
"The Election Commission is very brazenly siding with the BJP and completely dismantling the faith in free and fair elections among the people of this country. They are committing a criminal offence in my view," the Congress MP alleged.
The Youth Congress on Tuesday escalated its nationwide campaign against alleged "vote theft," accusing the BJP and the Election Commission of India (ECI) of manipulating electoral processes in Haryana and Bihar.
A meeting of the PCC presidents, CLP leaders, general secretaries, in-charges, secretaries and senior leaders from twelve states, where the SIR process is underway, was held here today, which was presided over by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) ended extreme poverty in the state and criticised the previous United Democratic Front (UDF) governments for Kerala's decline.
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday renewed his challenge, this time declaring that he would "definitely quit politics and leave Bihar" if NDA fulfils its poll promise of transferring Rs 2 lakh each to 1.5 crore women under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday claimed that Congress leaders are saying that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi "led to the debacle of the party" by questioning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.