NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Sunday heaped praise on Election Commission for strengthening democracy through fair polls and using the power of technology to “strengthen people’s power”, his remarks coming amid continuing attacks on the poll body by opposition parties. In the year’s first episode of Mann Ki Baat, Modi said, “I would like to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission in response to a petition by senior Congress functionary Jairam Ramesh challenging the validity of the recent amendment made to the Conduct of Election Rules that curtails public access to certain election records, including CCTV footage inside polling booths.Agreeing…
NEW DELHI:The Election Commission, amid the ‘One Nation, One Election’ debate, rejected the government’s argument of the frequent imposition of model code disrupting development work and normal public life terming it a “vital instrumentality” that served as a crucial mechanism for ensuring electoral fairness.The government’s legislative proposals for implementing ‘one nation, one election’ emphasise the…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday levelled serious allegations of poll rigging on the Election Commission regarding the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections.Questioning the credibility of the poll body, the Congress MP alleged a massive addition in the voters’ list of Maharashtra after the Lok Sabha elections which was…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said that 2025 would focus on the party’s organisational empowerment. At the Congress Working Committee’s ‘Nav Satyagraha Baithak’ in Karnataka’s Belagavi, he emphasised that “only hard work is not and timely concrete strategy and direction are necessary.” He added that there is a need to give a…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday put out a point-by-point clarification dismissing Congress’s concerns regarding the “inexplicable” increase in voter turnout between 5 pm and 11.30 pm on poll day in Maharashtra and also ruling out any “arbitrary” deletions and additions in the state’s electoral roll.The party had approached EC after its drubbing in Maharashtra…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday clarified the misconception regarding the jump in voting percentage in Maharashtra that occurred on polling day and said that the increase in voter turnout from 5 pm to 11:45 pm is normal. Last month, the Congress raised doubts about the jump in voting percentage in Maharashtra on polling…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has brought changes in electoral rules to specify that CCTV footage of poll booths will not come under the category of “documents” to be made available to contestants and general public. Before the amendment, the provision under Section 93(2) of the Conduct of Election Rules said “all other papers relating to…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has amended Rule 93 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, to limit public access to certain electronic documents with the aim of preventing the misuse of electronic election records. This includes CCTV camera and webcasting footage, as well as video recordings of candidates, during the election process.The Union law ministry’s…
NEW DELHI: A Congress delegation raised concerns with Election Commission on Tuesday over alleged anomalies in updation of electoral rolls and post-poll surge in electoral turnout in Maharashtra elections, leading the poll panel to respond with a point-by-point clarification on all the doubts expressed by the opposition party. The Congress delegation, comprising Rajya Sabha MP…
