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"What bigger taunt can there be?": Ashok Gehlot hits out at EC after SC's
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Rajasthan former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot commented on the India alliance in Bihar assembly elections and said that the people of Bihar were unhappy with the BJP lead government with Nitish Kumar's face and now with India alliance on ground, they seem happy and we might see change in Biha
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Congress' Samvidhan Bachao rally presses against voter list revision drive
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has resorted to being defensive while attacking the opposition party, labelling Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi as "a misleader and habitual liar" for questioning the integrity of the EC. The ruling party leaders also called the Sam
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"ECI already asking for Aadhar, opposition just unaware": Bihar Deputy CM
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Earlier on July 10, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi did not stay the SIR process but asked the ECI to consider allowing Aadhaar, ration cards, and electoral photo identity cards as admissible documents to prove voter identity during the SIR of electoral rolls being u
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Supreme Court puts break on "disenfranchisement excercise": Yogendra Yadav
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"The Supreme Court has kind of put the brakes on the disenfranchisement exercise that was happening. We did not ask for a stay order. The SC did not give a stay order because that was not required at all. What was said was that in the current exercise, there is a serious danger of disenfranc
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"What Election Commission doing is wrong": Prashant Kishor on voter list r
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Earlier today, the Supreme Court allowed the Election Commission to continue with its exercise of conducting a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.
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"EC will go with SC's suggestion, let's wait": KC Venugopal on Supreme Cou
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was initiated by the Election Commission to update Bihar's electoral rolls, which has been met with resistance from opposition parties. They argued that the short timelines and stringent requirements could lead to disenfranchisement of many eligi
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"If Aadhaar, ration card not enough, what is - a BJP memo?": Pramod Tiwari
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"When the BJP is nearing its defeat in the Bihar election, it has descended into dishonesty. If neither Aadhaar nor the Ration Card is acceptable, then what is? A memorandum from the BJP office?" Tiwari said while speaking to ANI.
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"Vote theft, backdoor NRC": Oppn holds 'Bihar Bandh' against voter list re
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The INDIA bloc on Wednesday held a massive Bihar Bandh rally in Patna against electoral roll revision in the poll-bound state, where Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi alleged that the pattern of electoral manipulation seen in Maharashtra could be repeated in Bihar. Rashtriya
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INDIA bloc calls for 'Bihar Bandh', protests against Special Intensive Rev
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
INDIA bloc on Wednesday took to the streets in protest against the Special Intensive Revision of the voter list in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Owaisi slams Election Commission over Bihar voter list revision, claims "l
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday warned that lakhs of people in Bihar could lose their citizenship and livelihoods if the Election Commission proceeds with its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls without adequate time and safegua
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Bihar Assembly Elections: TMC, RJD move to Supreme Court against Eelection
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"We are against this (SIR) and filed a case in the Supreme Court," Moitra told ANI.
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Union Minister Chirag Paswan defends voter list revision, calls it "saniti
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister Chirag Paswan supports the Special Intensive Revision of Bihar's electoral rolls, calling it a necessary cleanup to ensure only eligible voters are listed, addressing issues like deceased or non-local names on the rolls.
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