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"SIR needed to remove double and dead voters... EC ensuring fair polls": U
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Murugan's remarks come after the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer announced on Friday that the EC has dropped the names of 97.37 lakh voters from the draft electoral rolls at the end of the first phase of SIR in the state.
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Arvind Kejriwal hails Punjab's achievements in Education, Healthcare, and
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday, in a joint press conference with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, asserted that the Aam Aadmi Party won approximately 70 per cent of the seats in the district council and block committee elections held in Punjab.
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India "rejects" Bangladesh claims, reaffirms support for free, fair electi
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
India on Sunday "categorically rejected" the assertions made by the interim Government of Bangladesh, responding to Dhaka's recent press note and clarifying its position amid heightened diplomatic exchanges between the two neighbours.
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Congress MP Hibi Eden says SIR exercise "violates fundamental rights" of K
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
According to the Congress MP, the process of conducting the SIR is aimed at "towards violating the fundamental rights of the people of Kerala" and an attempt to "disturb the process of free and fair elections," which will happen in 2026.
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MCD Bye-Election 2025: SEC Delhi imposes 48-hour silence period ahead of p
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The SEC has ordered to prohibit the display of any election matter, including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey in any media, including electronic, in connection with the Bye-Elections to Municipal Corporation of Delhi from 05:30 P.M. of 28.11.2025 to 05.30 P.M of 30.11
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"Hype in the name of 'vote chori' has fallen flat": BJP's Marri Shashidha
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"In such a situation, it is better to avoid a knee-jerk reaction. What the Chief Minister said has to be examined in detail. I am sure we have an Election Commission which is strong enough and has a balanced outlook. All these issues can be examined properly and appropriate solutions foun
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"EC brazenly siding with BJP": Congress MP S Jothimani on SIR in TN
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"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.
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"No need for anybody to be anxious": WB Governor backs nationwide SIR
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday backed the exercise of updating the electoral rolls across the country through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), saying that it is a "legitimate process for free and fair elections."
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"Mahagathbandhan will form govt with more than 200 seats": Mukesh Sahni
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief and Mahagathbandhan's candidate for Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Mukesh Sahni, on Thursday urged officials to ensure free and fair elections and added that Mahagathbandhan will form the government in Bihar with more than 200 seats.
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If fair elections held here, current NDA government will be voted out: Pri
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
"The Prime Minister of the country, wherever he goes, he says that the opposition leaders are insulting the people in West Bengal, Kerala and Bihar. We are talking about your rights, your empowerment... Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi showed that the votes were rigged in the Haryana elections. 25
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DMK moves Supreme Court against SIR in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The SIR and the EC orders, if not set aside, can "arbitrarily and without due process disenfranchise lakhs of voters" from electing their representatives, thereby disrupting free and fair elections and democracy in the country, which are part of the basic structure of the Constitution, sa
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"Great effort to strengthen transparent, impartial elections": BJP's Dines
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Dinesh Sharma emphasised that free and fair elections are possible only when the voter list is accurate and transparent. He considered that the people opposing the SIR are opposing the need for transparent elections.
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