Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (PTI photo) The Communist Party of India (CPI), which is an ally of the Congress party in the opposition INDIA bloc, has decided to field Sathyan Mokeri against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is Congress’s general secretary.“The CPI has decided to field Sathyan Mokeri against Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the upcoming…
MUMBAI: During Maharashtra assembly elections, voters in Mumbai will be not be allowed to carry mobile phones inside the polling booths at the time of voting, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner and administrator Bhushan Gagrani on Wednesday. Elections for the 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly will be conducted in a single phase on November 20,…
CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray / File photos The political atmosphere heated up in Maharashtra soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for the assembly polls, which will take place on November 20 in a single phase. Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the date for the bypoll on the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. The polling will held on November 13.The seat was vacated after Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, chose to retain the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh following his victory in both…
NEW DELHI: After meeting the Election Commission of India (ECI) officials on Wednesday the delegation of the Congress party said it has submitted the complaints of EVMs from seven Haryana assembly constituencies to the poll body.Bhupinder Hooda, who was leading Congress’s Haryana poll campaign, said the Election Commission has assured them that it would look…
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (ANI photo/ File) NEW DELHI: YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday came out in support of the Congress party‘s “EVM manipulation” claims, saying paper ballots should be brought back into the electoral process to “instil confidence”.Referring to the Haryana assembly election results, which defied exit polls predictions in Congress’s…
JAMMU: To facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming J&K assembly elections 2024, Election Commission of India (ECI) has set up 24 special polling stations — 19 in Jammu, one in Udhampur and four in New Delhi.Akin to the recent Lok Sabha elections, ECI has also decided to do away with the cumbersome procedure…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday released a list of nine names for by-elections to the Rajya Sabha that includes the likes of Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu from Rajasthan and George Kurian from Madhya Pradesh. The BJP also named senior party leader Kiran Choudhry as its nominee from Haryana, two months after she switched…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the first big electoral faceoff between the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA bloc after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with the Election Commission on Friday announcing dates for assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.The BJP has a lot at stake, especially in Haryana, where it…
CHENNAI: Six retired judges from Madras high court and one from Patna HC have written to President Droupadi Murmu and chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, expressing deep concern over the conduct of the 2024 general elections and urging protection of “electoral democracy in India”.The letter, writer by former judges D Hariparanthaman, GM Akbar Ali, Aruna…
