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EC a puppet of Govt: Karnataka Congress'leader
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 23 (ANI): Congress leader V S Ugrappa accused the Election Commission of becoming a "puppet" of the Central government.
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Digvijaya asks EC to invite hackers to prove EVMs aren't 'tamper proof'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sept 23 (ANI): The row over the use of EVMs for elections continues as former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday asked the Election Commission of India to invite hackers and allow them to prove that 'no machine with a
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Gujarat's Radhanpur, Bayad to go for bypolls on Oct 21
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 22 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday declared that the bypolls for two Gujarat assembly constituencies -- Radhanpur and Bayad -- will be held on October 21 along with Maharashtra and Haryana state assembly elections.
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Candidates already applying for party ticket: President Haryana Congress
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 22 (ANI): With the Election Commission announcing the date for Haryana Assembly elections, Congress state president Kumari Selja on Sunday said prospective candidates are already applying for the party ticket and that due process will be followed in the selection proc
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Haryana Congress to meet today to discuss manifesto for Assembly election
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 22 (ANI): A day after the Election Commission announced dates for the Haryana Assembly elections, the manifesto committee of the Haryana Congress will hold its first meeting here on Sunday.
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It's our constitutional duty to ensure transparency in polls: Haryana CEO
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Haryana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anurag Agarwal said on Saturday that with the announcement of Assembly elections by the Election Commission (EC), it is the electoral body's constitutional duty to ensure complete transparency in the polling p
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EC tells parties to observe 'silence period' on all media, not to cross `L
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has called upon political parties to ensure that their leaders and campaigners observe the 'silence period' on all forms of media during assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra and refrain from holding press conferenc
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EC appeals for 'environment-friendly' assembly elections
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): For the upcoming Assembly Elections to be held on October 21 in Haryana and Maharashtra, the Election Commission has appealed for environment-friendly polls today at a press conference.
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Candidates with criminal antecedents to give information in newspapers, TV
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Candidates with criminal antecedents in Haryana and Maharashtra assembly elections are required to publish information in this regard in newspapers and broadcast it through television channels on three occasions during the campaign period, the Election Commi
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Congress prepared for election, Maharashtra will not go into BJP's hands:
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Just after the Election Commission's announcement of assembly election dates, Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad on Saturday said that the Congress is prepared for the polls and that Maharashtra will not go into BJP's hands.
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EC announces by-polls to 4 out of 7 Assembly seats in Gujarat, Cong cries
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Sept 21 (ANI): With the announcement of the schedule for the by-polls to four of seven vacant seats in Gujarat, the Congress party on Saturday slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not holding elections simultaneously to the rest of three vacant seat
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Observe silence period on all forms of media, EC tells political parties
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has called upon political parties to ensure that their leaders and campaigners observe the "silence period" on all forms of media during assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra and refrain from holding press confer
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