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BJP's Kirit Somaiya hits out at Raj Thackeray over voter list allegations
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Reacting to the allegations made by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray against the Election Commission, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya said that Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray have realised that the municipal corporation is slipping out of their hands, so they are raising
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"Fake voters' names" should be deleted before holding Maharashtra local bo
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Earlier, Raj Thackeray criticised the Election Commission ahead of the local body elections and claimed that 9.6 million fake voters had been added.
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"Raj Thackeray keeps promoting such false narratives": Shiv Sena's Shaina
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Raj Thackeray criticised the Election Commission ahead of the local body elections on Monday and claimed that 9.6 million fake voters have been added, as per the information received.
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"9.6 million fake voters added...": Raj Thackeray questions EC ahead of lo
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The MNS chief asked the Election Commission not to hold elections in Maharashtra until the issue of fake voters is cleaned up.
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"Fake names, dead, shifted voters, or infiltrators are Mamata Banerjee's v
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday charged that the Trinamool Congress's fierce opposition to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exposes the party's dependence on "fake names, dead voters, shifted voters and infiltrators" as its vote bank.
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"India has a mature democracy; issues will be resolved within laws of the
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Wednesday expressed confidence in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying that India's democracy is "mature" and that any concerns arising from the process will be resolved wit
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Bihar assembly polls: ECI issues directions to enforcement agencies to pre
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued strict directions to various enforcement agencies to stop the use of money, freebies, drugs, narcotics and liquor in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections and bye-elections in 8 Assembly Constituencies, as per the official release
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Samajwadi Party demands withdrawl of "EC directions on verification of ide
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In a memorandum to the Election Commission, Shyam Lal Pal, president of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, said that the directive has not only been issued for the Bihar elections but will also be implemented in future assembly and Lok Sabha polls.
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First randomisation of EVM-VVPAT's for Phase 1 of Bihar polls completed
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"As per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the District Election Officers (DEO) of all the 18 districts of Bihar going to elections in Phase-I have completed the first randomisation of EVM-VVPATs which have passed the First Level Checking (FLC) on October 11, 2025 (
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SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking SIT probe into Rahul Gandhi's allegati
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The plea has also sought directions to the frame and issue binding guidelines to the Election Commission of India to ensure transparency, accountability, and integrity in the preparation, maintenance, and publication of electoral rolls, including mechanisms for detection and prevention of
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"Minorities have been targeted": Kolkata's Nakhoda Masjid's Imam raise con
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking with ANI, he acknowledged the Election Commissioner's right to revise the voter list every 10 years but emphasised that people should not be harassed in the process. Qazmi condemned the alleged targeting of minorities in Bihar, stating that their names were being removed from the
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SIR is an issue in Bihar polls, checking citizenship is Home Ministry's jo
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Asserting that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is an issue in the Bihar assembly polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that the exercise carried out by the Election Commission was done in "a hurry" and that checking citizenship is the mandate of the Home Min
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