NEW DELHI: Is the Election Commission powerless to disqualify a foreign national, who has got elected as a gram panchayat Mukhiya, despite unimpeachable evidence about his nationality?This question of law was raised by Bihar state election commission before the SC on Monday. A Nepalese citizen had written to the Nepal govt to cancel his citizenship….
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said some people had raised red flags on possibility of “30% vote manipulation” ahead of the recent assembly polls in Maharashtra, and the election outcome prima facie showed there was truth to the claims.“Before elections, some people made a presentation that it is possible (to increase votes…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission, in its interim response Saturday to concerns raised by Congress regarding “arbitrary deletion and additions of voters” and increase in voting percentages between 5pm and 11.30pm on polling day in the recent Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections, reiterated that electoral roll updation is a transparent process conducted with the involvement of all…
Just days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sought a return to ballot papers. NEW DELHI: Alleging that the Maharashtra elections were compromised, Congress Friday told EC there was an “inexplicable” rise in turnout in the last hour that added 76 lakh votes, and the governing BJP alliance manipulated the voters list resulting in an “inexplicable”…
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday issued a resolution alleging that the integrity of India’s electoral process is under severe threat. The party announced plans to launch a national movement to address these concerns, calling free and fair elections a “Constitutional mandate” compromised by the “partisan functioning of the Election Commission.”The meeting, held during…
Robert Vadra celebrates his wife and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s win NEW DELHI: Businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra hinted at the possibility of entering politics saying he would take the plunge if people believe he can make a difference. His remarks came days after Priyanka’s victory in…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has granted the BJP and Congress an additional week to submit their respective comments on complaints filed against one another relating to statements made by their leaders allegedly in violation of the poll code and other laws.The extension of the original November 18, 1 pm, deadline comes as per requests received…
NEW DELHI: The value of poll-related seizures in Maharashtra and Jharkhand as well in the ongoing bypolls have breached the Rs 1,000-crore mark this time.The Election Commission on Monday shared that the combined seizures in Maharashtra and Jharkhand – at Rs 858 crore – were valued at almost seven times the seizures made during the…
EC acted on BJP and Congress’s allegations against each other NEW DELHI: Acting on BJP and Congress‘s allegations against each other, Election Commission Saturday exchanged the complaints and sought responses of the presidents of the two parties on the charges levelled against their functionaries. Congress had complained against PM Modi and home minister Amit Shah…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Saturday inspected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s bag in Maharashtra’s Amravati.This comes a day after the poll body searched Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Hingoli amid the ongoing controversy over checking Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray‘s bag on the last three occasions.A team of officials was…
