According to the President's Secretariat, the ordinance was issued under Article 114(1) of the Constitution, based on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. It amends Section 4(2)(2) of the Voter List Act, which had barred registration after the announcement of an election date.
He highlighted the surprising silence of the Indian-American diaspora on critical issues affecting India-US relations. During the meeting, a congresswoman shared that she hadn't received a single call from Indian-American voters urging policy changes, prompting Tharoor to urge the diaspor
The Bengali Hindus marked as doubtful voters (D-voters) in Assam have reduced from two lakhs to 25,000 in court records, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed.
This comes amid Rahul Gandhi's fresh allegations of an attempt at vote theft in Karnataka's Aland constituency. Addressing a press conference today, he claimed that there was an attempt to delete more than 6,000 voters' names from the Aland constituency in Karnataka.
The Deputy Chief Minister strongly countered Yadav's remarks on law and order, land mafia, and development under the current Bharatiya Janata Party government.
Speaking with ANI, he called for a Bihar-like Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list in Tripura to address voter list integrity, adding that the Northeast is a key frontier; protecting it is crucial for India's security.
Following the Supreme Court's recent remarks on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Tuesday said that "electoral fraud" is still ongoing in Bihar and the Election Commission has added 4 lakh names of new voters.
He said that the meeting strategised for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections focused on reviewing the NDA workers' conference at the assembly level and brainstorming ways to communicate effectively with voters across Bihar.
The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Thursday dismissed a criminal complaint filed against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, which had accused her of forging documents to get enrolled in the voters' list before acquiring Indian citizenship.
A Delhi court is scheduled to pronounce its order on Thursday at 4 pm on a criminal complaint filed against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of forging documents to get herself enrolled in the voters' list before obtaining Indian citizenship.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that the Aadhaar card must be treated as the 12th document for the purpose of identity for inclusion of voters in the revised voters list of Bihar in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
"Everyone who has participated in elections has known that the electoral rolls are not perfect. There are duplicates, dead voters, and living voters who are not registered. Additionally, there are people who have moved to a new address and have two or three addresses in two or three diffe