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…
NEW DELHI: What was common between Maharashtra and Jharkhand? Cash was king when it came to wooing voters. Direct transfers, under whatever name they be, Ladki Bahin in Maharashtra or Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand, have helped parties ride back to power.If PM-Kisan, BJP’s belated attempt to counter NYAY, worked in its favour in…
NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA and the opposition’s INDIA bloc will keep their fingers crossed a day ahead of the counting of votes in Maharashtra and Jharkhand as they anxiously await the people’s verdict in the two states. With the exit polls throwing up a diverse range of predictions, both the camps are gearing up…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand is all set for the second phase of the high-stakes battle of ballots. Voting will be held tomorrow in 38 constituencies spread across 12 districts of the state. The first phase of the Jharkhand polls was held in 43 of 81 assembly seats on November 13. Phase 2 elections will decide the…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning came to a halt on Monday for high-stakes assembly polls in Maharashtra and the second phase in Jharkhand on November 20, the two states being more than just electoral battles for BJP and Congress, leaders of their respective alliances, with results poised to shape their political narrative and future trajectory. The match-up…
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…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, accused PM Modi of lying about him being against reservation, saying the INDIA bloc wants to increase quota beyond the 50 per cent cap.Speaking in poll-bound Jharkhand on Monday, the Congress leader said the “election is the election…
NEW DELHI/RANCHI: Voter turnout among the women exceeded the men’s by almost 4.7 percentage points in Ph-I of the Jharkhand elections, with the trend seen in all but six of 43 assembly constituencies that went to the polls Wednesday.The state witnessed an overall EVM turnout of 66.6%, 2.7 percentage points higher than the 63.9 polling…
Jairam Ramesh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of making divisive and slanderous statements in election rallies, Congress on Thursday petitioned Election Commission seeking action against BJP functionaries for violations of election conduct rules.Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote to EC, giving details of the speeches delivered…
