According to an official release, 229 Booth Level Officers (BLOs), 12 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and two District Election Officer (DEOs) from the Bihar are participating in the two-day training programme.
According to EC sources, during the Assembly Elections in Maharashtra, 6,40,87,588 electors, who arrived at the polling station between 7 am and 6 pm, cast their votes.
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Tuesday raised concerns about the fairness of the electoral process in India, specifically regarding discrepancies in voter data, particularly in Maharashtra.
In a significant development, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) sent a legal notice to the JNU Election Committee regarding irregularities in the ongoing JNUSU elections.
Taking to social media X, Bhandari in a post wrote "Anti Democracy, Anti India Rahul Gandhi who could not win the trust of Indian electorate begins to question Indian democratic process on a foreign soil."
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nishikant Dubey's statement on the Supreme Court, accusing the government of "deliberately targeting" the top court and "attempting to weaken" the SC.
During the winter session of Parliament, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, had called for a detailed discussion on the electoral rolls.
Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma on Wednesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of appeasing Muslim voters for electoral gains and neglecting the Hindus amid protests against the Waqf Amendment Act.
The CEC stated that wherever democracy was present, electoral rolls and election processes were different, and in some countries, electronic voting systems were used.
The next hearing in the matter is May 20. The petitioners further emphasized that the respondents must clarify why, despite multiple judicial directives, the DSGMC elections continue to use outdated and flawed electoral rolls from 1983, which are over 43 years old.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has slammed the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, calling the bill "illegitimate". He alleged that the BJP-led government brought the bill, intending to reap electoral benefits in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal.