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"If you cannot defeat us, you seek to delete us," CM MK Stalin amid protes
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged that Special Intensive Revision is being misused to quietly "erase" voters from disadvantaged and dissenting communities as both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till Monday after uproar over the exercise in the poll-bound Bihar.
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"When they lose, they doubt Election Commision, EVM," Pralhad Joshi on Opp
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Earlier in the day, MPs from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) protested against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The protest, which entered its fifth consecutive day, was held at Parliament's Makar Dwar.
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China tries to buy Taiwanese votes with cheap flights ahead of recall elec
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the Taipei Times, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei City Councillor Hong Chien-yi recently obtained evidence that a Chinese "united front" unit in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, had issued notices offering discounted flights to China-based Taiwanese businesspeople and the
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7.23 crore Bihar electors express faith in SIR process: Election Commissio
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
In a major stride towards electoral transparency and accuracy, the Election Commission of Bihar has announced that 99.8% of the state's electors have been covered under the ongoing Special Integrated Revision (SIR) process.
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"ECI working as branch of BJP," alleges TMC MP Mahua Moitra amid protests
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar which saw opposition holding protests both inside and outside the Parliament, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday alleged that the Election Commission of India is "working as a branch" of the Bharatiya Janata P
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"Congress mindset has not changed even after 50 years of Emergency" Sudhan
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi for "levelling absurd allegations" on Election Commission for conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, suggesting that it reflect their "mindset" of recognisin
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Whole nation worried about right to vote, but PM Modi on foreign visits: C
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
"The whole nation is worried about the impartiality of the Election Commission and its right to vote. At a time like this, the Prime Minister is out of the country. When the Parliament proceedings are going on and when we want discussions, he is on his foreign visit. This shows his sensitivi
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Vice Presidential Election: EC appoints Rajya Sabha Secretary General as R
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
"The Election Commission, in consultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice and with the consent of the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, has appointed the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, as Returning Officer for the ensuing Vice Presidential Election, 2025," the EC said in a media statemen
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"Not happening for first time, was done in 2003 as well": JDU MP Sanjay Jh
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
"This SIR was done in 2003 as well, and its survey was completed within a month. This is not happening for the first time, and back then, the government belonged to the same people who are speaking out today... What do these people want? Do they want votes to be cast in the names of those
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"Election Commission going against every convention": Congress MP Manish T
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday hit out at the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in poll-bound Bihar.
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"EC exerting its monopoly, working on instructions of government": SP MP D
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
"The whole opposition stands united because somewhere we all can see that the Election Commission is exerting its monopoly and working on the instructions of the government. This government is destroying the democratic setup of the country... If the Election Commission had to do this exer
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Why not provide voter list? There should be transparency: Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
"They should respond to the allegations. They should provide us with the voters' list, which we have been asking for. There should be transparency. It is a democracy. All political parties should have access to that information. Why is it not being provided?" Priyanka Gandhi told reporter
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