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Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury moves Rule 267 notice in Rajya Sabha, seeks d
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Chowdhury expressed concerns that the ongoing voter list revision drive in Bihar poses a "risk of disenfranchising millions" and raised questions about the "fairness" of the process due to "opaque guidelines."
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"Wait for verdict of HC": ECI sources on Rahul Gandhi's "cheating" allegat
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Hours after Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of indulging in "cheating" during the voter list revision process in a constituency in Karnataka, poll body sources on Thursday said to wait for the verdict of the High Court re
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"Hindustan mein election chori kiye jaa rahe hai": Rahul Gandhi trains gun
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Lok Sabha LoP was responding to a question about 52 lakh voters being removed from the voter list in Bihar amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
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TMC MP Sushmita Dev seeks discussion on SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In her letter to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, the party MP alleged that the government had been using the Election Commission of India (ECI) to push an "exclusionary" agenda under the guise of a voter list revision, aimed at stripping voting rights from large sections of society
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Union Minister Giriraj Singh defends Bihar voter list revision, accuses Op
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Responding to allegations by leaders of the INDIA alliance, Singh stressed that the practice of revising electoral rolls predates the current government and accused the Opposition of politicising the issue for ulterior motives.
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Congress MP Jothimani moves adjournment motion notice to discuss SIR in BI
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"The process of voter list revision is meant to strengthen democracy, ensure inclusivity, and correct discrepancies. However, in Bihar, the SIR exercise has raised alarming questions: There are widespread reports of mass deletions of names, especially from marginalised and minority commun
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"Constitutional rights of voters are being snatched": Jairam Ramesh on ECI
Updated : 8 months ago IST
He further questioned why the exercise was being conducted four to five months before the Bihar assembly polls, further stating that there was an atmosphere of fear in Bihar.
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Bihar Polls : Owaisi criticises ECI over voter list revision; rules out jo
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday questioned the authority of the Election Commission of India to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive
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"ECI doing a very good job": Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi backs Bihar's
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The EC sources have said that a large number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have been found by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) with Aadhaar cards, domicile certificates and ration cards during house-to-house visits carried out as part of the SIR of electoral rolls in poll-boun
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"EC has become Dhritarashtra": Pappu Yadav accuses poll body of "not respe
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Independent MP from Purnea, Pappu Yadav, on Monday criticised the Election Commission of India, calling it "Dhritrashtra" over their decision to revise electoral rolls in Bihar, and accused them of "not respecting" the constitution or following Supreme Court advice.
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"Problem with Tejashwi Yadav is that he is not educated": BJP's Sanjay Jai
Updated : 8 months ago IST
BJP leader Jaiswal called Yadav uneducated and irresponsible, Jaiswal demanded that the RJD leader publicly apologise, express regret, and take an oath that he will not speak beyond what he is taught at home.
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No Controversy in Bihar voter list revision, exercise being done with good
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Hussain said, "The verification is going on. There is no controversy in the SIR scheme. The Election Commission is running this campaign with good intentions. The Election Commission is a constitutional institution on which the whole country has faith. It has conducted not o
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