Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy's nomination for the Vice Presidential elections stands as the opposition's firm commitment to restoring fairness, impartiality, and dignity to the functioning of the Rajya Sabha.
In a post on social media X, ICSSR alleged that CSDS had also published media stories based on a biased interpretation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being conducted by the Election Commission of India.
Speaking to ANI, Jha described it as a "tactic" that wherever the BJP can't win elections, it will not indulge in horse-trading, but destabilise and topple that government through the bill.
Speaking to reporters at Parliament premises, the Congress leader said, "The response is very good. Everyone is now saying 'vote chori' in Bihar. This is reality. Attempt of 'election chori' is being made. Bihar is resisting. The entire country will resist."
"It has become their habit to talk with disruptive thinking. Bihar is very ahead in political thinking, they understand everything. Bihar is a tourist spot for them. When elections come, they go there, and then they leave like that," the BJP MP told ANI at Parliament premises.
NDA's candidate CP Radhakrishnan on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Vice Presidential elections in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP leader gave multiple alleged examples of 'Vote chori' by Congress, one them he said by 'hurriedly' calling an election after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. Posting about the allegations on X, he also mentioned that doubts over Rajiv Gandhi's elec
Speaking to ANI on Tuesday, Dutta said, "The start of SIR (Special Intensive Revision) in Odisha has been a long-standing demand of the common people. It will be initiated by the Election Commission in September. The Election Commission is working in the interest of the country."
Ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday expressed confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prospects, highlighting the party's extensive campaign efforts across the region.
On the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting with former CJI Sanjiv Khanna over 'One Nation One Election', BJP MP and JPC Chairperson, PP Chaudhary, on Tuesday, said that it was agreed that this bill is in line with the Indian Constitution.
Taking the recent firing incident seriously that occurred during the panchayat elections in Betalghat in Nainital district on August 14, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday gave instructions for fair and effective action.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the Vice President post, C P Radhakrishnan, met Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and NDA MPs from the northeastern states in the national capital on Tuesday. A total of 17 MPs, including Pralhad Joshi, met him at the latter's residence ahead of th