"When the elections to the Bihar assembly are merely months away, why did the Election Commission not take different political parties into confidence before carrying out SIR? EC was silent on this question. They were also silent on how 70 lakh new voters were added between the Lok Sabha
Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission (EC) over the Special Summary Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar, alleging that the poll body is acting contrary to its mandate. MP Yadav criticised the EC fo
"Rahul Gandhi should be happy when more people register their names in the voter list and when more and more people come out to vote... The work done by the Election Commission is to register new voters. Your (Rahul Gandhi) repeated baseless allegations make one thing clear: you lack the kno
Backing Rahul Gandhi's allegation of election rigging in Maharashtra polls, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday asked how 41 lakh new voters could be added to Maharashtra's voter list in the five months preceding the 2024 assembly elections in the state.
Earlier, during the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over the alleged increase of lakhs of new voters before the Maharashtra Assembly election.
Over 1.23 lakh new voters will be added to the voter list in Uttarakhand in January. The Chief Electoral Officer's office has completed all preparations for the publication of the final voter list, which is based on the eligibility date of January 1, 2025, under the Special Summary Revisi
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday wrote to Chief Secretary Dharmendra that some officers of the Revenue Department are vitiating elections by large-scale deletion of voters and trying to reduce the registration of new voters.
On the upcoming 5th phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20, he said, "The people are excited and a lot of new voters have enrolled. They should go out of their living rooms and vote."
Himachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Maneesh Garg on Monday announced that April 1st will now serve as the qualifying date for individuals who have reached the age of 18 years, allowing them to register themselves as voters.
Manish Garg directed the DEOs to accelerate the updating process of enrolment of new voters and complete it in a time-bound manner. Besides, the CEO emphasized on timely delivery of Elector's Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) as well.
The Supreme Court dismissed on Friday a petition seeking contempt action against the Election Commission of India for not changing the forms that insist on furnishing Aadhaar numbers to enroll new voters.