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West Bengal: Congress holds protest march to State EC office over "removal
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
"What is the reason behind the removal of genuine voters' names today? The Election Commission is silent. The full reason for this must be audited and made public. Otherwise, there will be strong protests, and we will hold a dharna on the 6th March," Congress leader Ashutosh Chatterjee to
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"Want power on strength of infiltrators' votes": BJP's Kapil Mishra slams
Updated : 2 months ago IST
"It's natural for them to have stomach aches because they want to come back to power on the strength of infiltrators' votes. A country can't elect its government with the help of infiltrators. This is like poison and cancer. The treatment for this cancer is certain and will be done," Mish
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"ECI is running on WhatsApp": Mamata Banerjee targets ECI over SIR drive i
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive in the state, saying that ECI is "running on WhatsApp."
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TMC's Abhishek Banerjee slams Election Commission as "WhatsApp Commission"
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"The EC should apologise to the people of Bengal. All policies are being made via WhatsApp; this is a WhatsApp Commission," Banerjee said.
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"11 saal jhak maar rahe the?": CPI(M) MP Amra Ram's dig at PM Modi, Shah o
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, he said that the SIR ploy was nothing, but was initiated to "cut votes" of the political and religious minorities, including the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
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SC seeks ECI's response to plea seeking protection to BLOs in WB amid viol
Updated : 3 months ago IST
A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi acknowledged that BLOs are working under 'strain and stress' at the ground level due to high work pressure in the SIR drive.
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Supreme Court asks ECI to consider deferring SIR in Kerala as pleas flag i
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider whether it is required to defer the exercise of filling and submission of enumeration forms, as part of the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala.
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SIR drive in 12 states/UTs: Nearly 99% enumeration forms distributed, 26.7
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Of the nearly 50.97 crore electors as of October 27, the number of enumeration forms distributed for the second phase of the SIR drive remains at 50.43 crore, the EC said in its daily bulletin.
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"Deeply shocked and saddened": WB CM Mamata Banerjee over death of BLO "un
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, she criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) for imposing an unplanned, relentless workload, compressing a 3-year process into 2 months and urged the ECI to act with conscience and halt the drive to prevent further loss of life.
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ECI to conduct 'special revision' of electoral roll in Assam
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
This 'special revision' is not the same as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive being carried out by the EC in 12 states and union territories, given Assam's distinct citizenship framework and the ongoing Supreme Court-monitored National Register of Citizens (NRC) process.
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BLOs across Kerala protest amid chaos over colleague's alleged suicide
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Aneesh George, BLO appointed in Payyannur assembly constituency of Kannur district, allegedly died by suicide due to work-related stress amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) drive being carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
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"Won't let anyone succeed in conspiracy to snatch voting rights": Congress
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Congress party continued its attack on the BJP over alleged 'vote theft' on Saturday, with senior leader Pawan Khera accusing the ruling party of tampering with the voter list by fraudulently adding and removing names. He said that if the SIR drive hadn't begun in Bihar, many irregularit
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