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Congress slams ‘partisan’ Election Commission in resolution, vows movement to safeguard democracy | India News – Times of India

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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…

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Ajit Pawar sets sight on Delhi elections after Maharashtra success to regain NCP’s national party tag | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar announced plans to contest the upcoming Delhi assembly elections in a bid to reclaim the party’s national status after a resounding victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections. He declared his intent to contest Delhi assembly polls during a felicitation ceremony at the NCP office in Delhi…

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‘Congress was overconfident’: Uddhav Sena blames MVA ally for Maharashtra flop show | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Thursday sharpened his attack on Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Congress, claiming the party became “overconfident after the Lok Sabha elections”. Danve said the MVA would have performed better had they announced Uddhav Thackeray its CM candidate for the Maharashtra elections in which the bloc faced…

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‘Not machines, but machinery’: Tharoor differs from Kharge on EVMs, highlights systemic issues | India News – Times of India

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday took a divergent position from his party’s stance over the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) following the party’s poor showing in Maharashtra’s assembly elections.While Tharoor defended the reliability of EVMs, he expressed concerns about possible manipulation within the electoral…

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Maharashtra polls: ‘File VVPAT trail verification plea’, Uddhav Thackeray tells all his netas who lost | India News – Times of India

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday held a meeting with all his losing MLA candidates and told them to file applications with the EC for verification of electronic voting machine-voter verifiable paper audit trail (EVM-VVPAT) units. Many defeated candidates blamed EVMs for their loss and suggested…

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BJP slams Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for resuming Savarkar attack after Maharashtra poll | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday lit into Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for resuming his attack on Veer Savarkar after keeping mum on the Hindutva ideologue during the poll campaign in Maharashtra where he is revered as a social reformer and nationalist.The party cited PM Narendra Modi‘s remarks during the Maharashtra campaign that Rahul” silence was…

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‘Soyabean prices, Covid-19, huge crowds at rallies’: Uddhav Thackeray questions what went wrong in Maharashtra polls | Mumbai News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: To say Uddhav Thackeray is facing an existential crisis barely scratches the surface of the turmoil engulfing the son of Balasaheb Thackeray.Uddhav has lost not only the iconic Shiv Sena name but also the legendary bow-and-arrow symbol to Eknath Shinde, a former loyalist turned formidable adversary, who also claimed the coveted chief minister’s…

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Modi said ‘ek hain…’ & Maha said ‘safe hain’: Muslim polarisation ran into silent consolidation of Hindus | India News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: After surprise setbacks in several key constituencies in Maharashtra in Lok Sabha polls this year, BJP found itself at a crossroads, needing to recalibrate its strategy to regain lost ground. Polarisation of Muslim votes against it led to significant losses for BJP in at least seven constituencies in the Lok Sabha polls that…

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Maharashtra election results: Pawar-ful Ajit’s NCP wins 4x seats of uncle Sharad’s party | India News – Times of India

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MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar‘s self-proclaimed swansong in electoral politics ended in a damp squib with his nephew’s NCP winning more than 4x the seats that his own party could muster. In retaliation for Ajit’s decision to field his wife against Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, the Maratha warhorse had turned the Baramati contest again into a prestige…

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Maharashtra election results: With ‘Sajag raho’ campaign, Sangh Parivar drives BJP-led juggernaut | India News – Times of India

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NAGPUR: The Sangh Parivar unleashed its well-oiled machinery to power BJP-led Mahayuti to a landslide victory. The Nagpur-headquartered organisation quietly mobilised its vast network of cadres, organising over 60,000 voter meetings statewide to counter opposition narratives and consolidate support under the campaign banner – ‘Sajagraho’ (Be vigilant, be awake).Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, in an…

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