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"Democracy being murdered in name of electoral reforms": Congress MP Imran
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"In the name of electoral reforms, the death of democracy is happening. What is the meaning of Parliament if there is no democracy? Election Commission has been set free of limitations. Election Commission has been set free of limitations, there were checks and balances in the Constitutio
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Shashi Tharoor misses major Congress party meeting for second time in a ro
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
However, Tharoor's office stated that he was in Kerala and was travelling back with his 90-year-old mother on a later flight. It is important to note that, due to campaigning for the local body elections, the General Secretary of the Congress, K.C. Venugopal, was also unable to reach Delh
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"Public has rejected the opposition's SIR issue": BJP MP Jagdambika Pal af
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal on Sunday described the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) win in the Bihar Assembly elections as a "message for the future," asserting that voters rejected the opposition's focus on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue.
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"Congress has no policy, only confusion": UP Minister Suresh Khanna slams
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Khanna on Saturday criticised the Congress party's decision to hold a December 14 rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, asserting that the party has "no policy except spreading confusion."
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“If names were removed, people would be on the streets”: RLM cheif Kushwah
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha on Saturday questioned the Congress party's decision to hold a December 14 rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, stating that the matter "doesn't even exist" and arguing that if names had act
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"SIR is not a new thing": Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Congress' decisi
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Joshi said the Election Commission initiated SIR only after Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi wrote to the poll body expressing concerns over alleged discrepancies in the voters' list. He added that similar revisions have been carried out earlier as well, including in Kar
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Congress to hold rally on SIR issue in Delhi in first week of December
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A meeting of the PCC presidents, CLP leaders, general secretaries, in-charges, secretaries and senior leaders from twelve states, where the SIR process is underway, was held here today, which was presided over by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
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"He wants to show himself separately on SIR issue": DMK's TKS Elangovan sl
Updated : 4 months ago IST
DMK leader TKS Elangovan on Saturday said that the party is opposed to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and had convened an all-party meeting on the issue and alleged that Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay was attempting to project himself as a standalone force
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Parliament Winter Session: Govt scrutinises bills, asks Opposition ideas
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On the Winter Session of Parliament, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told ANI, "We are going to have a meeting with the Secretaries of various departments. We will conduct a scrutiny of all the pending bills that are supposed to be passed, and then an all-party meeting will be held where
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"No one can destroy DMK": Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin slams AIADMK over SIR is
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Speaking on political matters, he sharply criticised the AIADMK, "Our opponents are trying new tactics to bring us down, using the IT Department, CBI, and now the SIR issue as weapons. Such things might work elsewhere, but never in Tamil Nadu. DMK cannot be destroyed."
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BJP leader Dilip Ghosh slams Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, accuses him o
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Responding to a question related to Abhishek Banerjee's recent visit to the houses of victims who allegedly died due to the SIR procedure in West Bengal, the BJP leader noted that if the Trinamool MP wants to conduct an inquiry into the matter, he should form a team of doctors.
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"If they contested on SIR issue, people would have taught them a lesson":
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
He (Rahul Gandhi) had taken out his 16-day yatra against 'Vote Chori' from here only. He is nowhere to be found now. He is not even talking about SIR. He should have contested the elections on the issue of Vote Chori. People would have taught them a lesson," Jha said in an interview with
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