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SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on plea seeking voting rights to undertria
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The petition sought direction to issue guidelines to set polling stations in prisons for local prisoners and to make provision for postal ballots for prisoners lodged outside their home constituencies or states.
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Bangladesh blocks Sheikh Hasina, her family's IDs to prevent them from vot
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh's Election Commission has said that the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina and her family members will not be able to vote in the upcoming national elections to be held in February next year, local newspapers reported on Thursday.
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PM Modi is trying to win in Bihar election through vote theft: Mallikarjun
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to win the upcoming Bihar Assembly election through "vote theft". He also urged the people to stay alert to protect their voting rights, otherwise " Modi and Amit Shah will drown you."
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Bihar: Tejashwi calls Voter Adhikar Yatra a "historic movement", says Akhi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' on Saturday drew large crowds in Bihar, with party leader Tejashwi Yadav calling it a "historic movement" to safeguard voting rights.
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"The fight for the right to vote will continue": RJD's Manoj Kumar Jha on
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Voter Adhikar Yatra, spearheaded by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Mahagathbandhan leaders in Bihar, will culminate in a grand finale with a march in Patna on September 1. Instead of a rally, the yatra will conclude with top leaders addressing the crowd at various points durin
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"Opposition wants non-citizens to get voting rights": Union Minister Rajiv
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Union Minister Singh said, "Rahul Gandhi's mentality is to disorganise the country. Whatever he says is not related to facts. When elections were happening in Gujarat, who was ruling the country? It was the UPA government. So how did PM Modi steal the election? Rahul Gandhi and opposition
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Rahul Gandhi urges citizens to safeguard voting rights, protect democracy
Updated : 7 months ago IST
In a post on social media platform X, Gandhi highlighted several issues which he said reflected the ruling government's failure, including unemployment, inflation, education-related scams, road safety, terrorism, demonetisation, and the farmers' movement.
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"EC must work democratically, should address doubts of Oppn": JMM MP Mahua
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
"Rahul Gandhi is the leader of the opposition, and as a citizen of the country, he has a great responsibility to protect democracy, as do we all. He wants the constitution to be safeguarded, democracy to be protected, and no tampering with people's voting rights. The EC must work in a dem
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"Moral and constitutional battle to protect democracy": Jairam Ramesh back
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday endorsed the 'Voter Adhikar Rally', stating that the movement was against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s alleged conspiracy to deprive millions of voters of their voting rights through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of
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"Won't let anyone succeed in conspiracy to snatch voting rights": Congress
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Congress party continued its attack on the BJP over alleged 'vote theft' on Saturday, with senior leader Pawan Khera accusing the ruling party of tampering with the voter list by fraudulently adding and removing names. He said that if the SIR drive hadn't begun in Bihar, many irregularit
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"Free constitutional institutions from the clutches of BJP ": Mallikarjun
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge urged citizens to protect their voting rights and raise their voices against alleged electoral malpractices.
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Andhra: Voters allege denial of voting rights, police inaction in Mallikar
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Voters in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district have alleged denial of voting rights, threats, and inaction by police during the Mallikarjunapuram Panchayat elections.
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