The BJP on Friday held a protest against the Udupi video incident, with the local MLA Yashpal Suvarna leading the call for a free and fair investigation by a central agency.
Voting has ended in Cambodia’s national election and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) is expected to secure an easy victory in what critics have described as the country’s least free and fair election in decades, reported Al Jazeera.
Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government's key coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), on Tuesday, proposed to dissolve the national and all the provincial assemblies on August 8.
According to the publication, a couple of years ago, China had warned Bangladesh from joining the Indo-Pacific initiatives, which was launched by the US, but under Sheikh Hasina, the government firmly told Beijing that they would follow their own foreign policy.
Amid Pakistan's deteriorating political and economic situation, experts spoke about the various factors and forces at play and expressed serious doubts about the country being able to see free and fair general elections.
Amid US reservations over Bangladesh holding free and fair elections, the relationship between the two countries is falling out, according to informed sources.
While addressing a press conference, BJP MP Raju Bista said," We have requested for central forces. We have made a request to the centre regarding that. Congress is also demanding, the High Court should also take note of this. If we want free and fair elections then it is necessary."
West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury requested Governor C V Ananda Bose in a letter yesterday to arrange for Central forces during the Panchayat elections to have free and fair elections.
The Office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Sibin C has made all necessary arrangements to ensure free, fair and peaceful Lok Sabha bye-elections in Jalandhar.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the demand for free and fair elections of the Wrestling Federation of India was taken into consideration. The IOA is working towards it. They asked for a committee which has been already constituted. He has requested the protesting wrestle
"BJP has made the election system corrupt. They have started "Operation Lotus". They spend lots of money. The Election Commission should conduct the election in a free and fair manner. We hope they will do it," Siddaramaiah said.