NEW DELHI: Can the country return to elections with ballot paper? What’s the cost-benefit of one-nation-one-election (ONOE)? How many phases will be required to hold nationwide simultaneous elections and what will be the effect of model code of conduct imposed for such polls on the economy, foreign direct investment and development? How does the expenditure…
Parvesh Verma (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: An election official on Wednesday asked the Delhi police to register a case against BJP candidate Parvesh Verma for distributing shoes to voters. In the complaint, the returning officer claimed Verma distributed shoes to electors of his New Delhi assembly constituency.“Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, prospective BJP candidate is distributing…
Election Commission (Agencies photo) NEW DELHI: The Delhi chief electoral officer (CEO) announced on Monday that in the lead-up to the assembly polls in the capital, cash and other items worth over Rs 21 crore, including liquor, have been seized within a week of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) coming into effect. The MCC…
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: In the proposed bills on ‘one nation one election‘, to be tabled in Lok Sabha Monday, the government has argued that there is an imperative need for holding simultaneous elections for various reasons as polls have become expensive and time-consuming.In the Constitution (129th) Amendment Bill, 2024, the government has stated that imposition of…
BJP president JP Nadda (Left) and Mallikarjun Kharge (Right) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India sought formal responses from Bharatiya Janata Party President JP Nadda and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over the complaints filed by both parties against each other, alleging the violation of the Model Code of Conduct by star campaigners during Maharashtra,…
NEW DELHI: Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray underwent further scrutiny by poll officials on Tuesday, a day after his bags were frisked when his chopper touched down in Yavatmal in poll-bound Maharashtra.A team of poll officials checked Thackeray’s bags ahead of his rally in Latur as the Model Code of Conduct is in effect.In a…
MUMBAI: In a review meeting on the Maharashtra assembly polls on Friday, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar strongly condemned undignified remarks made against female leaders during the election campaign.This comes in the wake of derogatory language used against Congress leader Jayshree Thorat by BJP politician Vasant Deshmukh in a public meeting and also comments made…
Election Commission on Tuesday asked Ranchi’s Birsa Munda airport to file a report on the alleged grounding of chief minister Hemant Soren’s chopper for 90 minutes due to a no-fly zone created for PM Modi on Monday, reports Dhritiman Ray.Modi was in Garhwa and Chaibasa for two election rallies, while Hemant canvassed for JMM, Congress,…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: PTI) MUMBAI: A day after the Election Commission order, state govt on Tuesday sent director general of police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla on compulsory leave and appointed DG (legal and technical) Sanjay Kumar Verma in her place. Shukla will be on leave until the model code of conduct is…
