Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal declined to comment on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), saying that it is a "big issue" as he took a dig at the Supreme Court's ruling on EVMs.
"It is better to speak less of the Election Commission of India, especially the Chief Election Commissioner. His attitude has been biased. I think the Opposition needs to act on it," Sibal said in a conversation with ANI on Sunday.
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "sent by god" remarks and BJP relying on its allies for government formation, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that coalition is only stitched with humans and not Gods.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fell short of the majority mark in the Lok Sabha polls, making Janata Dal United (JDU) Chief Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief Chandrababu Naidu emerge as potential "kingmakers", Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal stated that he hopes that the two le
As the counting for the Lok Sabha polls 2024 is underway, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday launched a sharp attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and claimed that the latter would not even cross the 303-mark.
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has issued a checklist for candidates and counting agents taking part in the Lok Sabha elections for their convenience to check whether the electronic voting machine has been tampered with or not.
Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday claimed that from the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election onwards, the BJP has faced setbacks and people have started talking not about Ram temple but about issues like inflation and unemployment.
Sibal's statement comes after the ECI on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's lawyer whether his arrest can be challenged after a trial court took cognizance of the chargesheet filed in a money laundering case against him in connection with the land deal case.
"PMLA is Pradhan Mantri ki Lak Aankh. It has nothing to do with Prevention of Money Laundering Act. It means you can send them over to ED who can do whatever they wish to do," Sibal said in a free-wheeling conversation with ANI.
"The ones whom they call intruders are the citizens of India and their names feature in the country's electoral roll. This means that you are saying that citizens of this country are intruders. You are the Home Minister of this country. You have taken the oath that you will not discriminate
The Incumbent President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Adish C Aggarwala congratulated senior advocate Kapil Sibal, on winning the election for the president post of the Supreme Court Bar Association.