While acknowledging that the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has been demanding digital electoral rolls for the past seven months, ECI sources said that this is part of a Congress strategy spanning over eight years. They added that this fact "appears to have been sele
With Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleging that the voter list grew by eight per cent in just five months in Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's constituency, Chief Electoral Office Maharashtra has rejected the allegations and stated that electoral rolls are prep
In an official statement, the poll body said that the objective of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) to enable them to exercise their franchise, no ineligible voter is included in the electoral rolls and also
In a decisive push to empower grassroots communities and strengthen rural livelihoods, the Government of Meghalaya has initiated the disbursement of nearly Rs 19 crore in financial grants to Producer Groups (PGs) under its flagship FOCUS (Farmers' Collectivisation for Upscaling Production an
Election Commission of India (ECI) is contemplating an intensive house-to-house verification during the upcoming electoral roll revision before Bihar Assembly Polls in order to make the Electoral Rolls completely robust and free of any kind of errors. Such intensive and rigorous revision
The Election Commission of India (ECI) successfully implemented several new electoral initiatives during bye-polls in five Assembly Constituencies across Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal. Key reforms included mobile deposit facilities at polling booths, faster voter turnout reporting
The new system will ensure real-time tracking of each stage right from the EPIC generation by the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) till the delivery of EPIC to the elector through the Department of Posts (DOP). Electors will also receive notifications via SMS at each stage, keeping them
The statement released by the party reiterates the demands made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a newspaper article, urging the Election Commission to release the electoral rolls for the 2024 general and Maharashtra state assembly elections. The party has also raised the issue of an al
"It is good that the ECI realised that its rock-bottom credibility will not be salvaged by issuing anonymous, unsigned letters - but by acceding to the opposition's demands. In fact, BJP top brass coming out in its defence only confirmed the people's suspicions of match fixing between BJP
Maharashtra chief electoral office on Monday confronted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's accusations of electoral roll manipulation in the state assembly elections. The office clarified that electoral rolls are provided to all recognized political parties, including the Congress, free of co
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called upon the Election Commission to publish consolidated, digital, machine-readable voter rolls for the most recent elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas of all states, including Maharashtra, saying that "telling the truth" will protect poll panel's
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