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"EC doesn't work under Govt, SIR can't be discussed in this House": Amit S
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Blaming the Opposition for creating a ruckus in the Parliament, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday clarified that the Election Commission of India does not work under the Central government, explaining that the issue of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls canno
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"Functioning of Election Commission not impartial": Bhupesh Baghel
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"The functioning of the Election Commission is not impartial, and many examples have already proved it. The entire country is standing against it, and Rahul Gandhi has raised the issue in the Lok Sabha. Where are these duplicate votes in lakhs coming from? These are all examples due to wh
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"Real culprits causing mischief are at district level": Ram Gopal Yadav on
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
"Collectors and the Election Commission are responsible for conducting SIR, but the real culprits who are causing all the mischief are at the district level. I had told the Election Commission that you can issue any orders, but if the people sitting in Lucknow tell the Collector to cut th
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BJP is directing and using Election Commission to damage India's democracy
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of "vote chori", saying it is the biggest anti-national act, and alleged that the Election Commission is "colluding with those in power" to "shape elections".
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"We will come and find you....": Rahul Gandhi says a Congress-led governme
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government of "capturing institutions including the Election Commission" during the debate on Electoral Reforms in Lok Sabha and said when a Congress-led government comes to power at the Centre, it will retrospectively change the
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"EC has no legal right to conduct SIR": Congress MP Manish Tewari
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A heated debate on electoral reforms erupted in Parliament on Tuesday, with the opposition led by Congress MP Manish Tewari launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), questioning both its neutrality and its legal authority to conduct the ongoing Special Intensive
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Delhi HC directs ECI to act on All Party Hills Leader Conference's registr
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Delhi High Court has directed the All Party Hills Leader Conference to submit all its pending documents required for recognition as a political party within one week, while instructing the Election Commission of India (ECI) to process the application and decide the proposed party name
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Sanjay Singh moves Rule 267 notice in Rajya Sabha, seeks discussion on SIR
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The lower house of Parliament is set to take up the issue of election reforms for discussion. This will include a discussion of the SIR exercise initiated by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in various states.
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Former Babri Masjid litigant Iqbal Ansari files SIR form as Ayodhya rams u
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A former litigant in the Babri Masjid case, Iqbal Ansari, has filed his SIR (Special Intensive Revision) form in Ayodhya, highlighting growing awareness among residents about the ongoing voter-verification exercise. Speaking to ANI, Ansari said that the people of Ayodhya are vigilant and
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BLOs under pressure, need BLAs' help for SIR process: SP's Ram Gopal Yadav
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Yadav explained that BLOs are under pressure due to time constraints and rely on Booth Level Agents (BLAs), who are party workers, to complete the process. He urged the Election Commission to address the mistakes occurring during the SIR process.
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ECI largest organisation in world with over 1 million personnel: CEC Gyane
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar assumed the Chairmanship of the Council of Member States of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) for 2026 and hailed the Election Commission of India (ECI) as the largest organisation in the
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West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari seeks micro observer supervision, full CCTV
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In his letter to the Election Commissioner, Adhikari on Wednesday urged that to "maintain neutrality" the second phase of SIR be placed strictly under the supervision of Micro Observers who should be Central Government employees. He also demanded that CCTV cover 100 per cent of the scruti
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