Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Gyanesh Kumar was appointed the 26th Chief Election Commissioner on Monday as the tenure of incumbent poll body chief Rajiv Kumar ends on February 18.The former IAS officer from Kerala cadre was appointed by a panel led by Prime Narendra Modi, Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union home…
NEW DELHI: A committee chaired by PM Modi will convene on Monday at his official residence to select the next chief election commissioner, prior to the retirement of current CEC Rajiv Kumar on February 18, according to sources quoted by PTI on Friday.The panel will include Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi and Home Minister…
NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has raised serious concerns about the growing menace of misinformation and fake narratives on social media, comparing it to environmental pollution. Speaking at the two-day international conference, Global Election Year 2024: Reiteration of Democratic Spaces; Takeaway for EMBs, held in New Delhi, Kumar stressed the urgent need…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission of India on Tuesday addressed concerns regarding wrongful additions and deletions of voters in the electoral roll and said that the allegations regarding the rigging Electronic Voting Machines were “baseless.”Setting a poetic tone, the chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar began with a shayari: “Sab sawaal ahamiyat rakhte hai, jawaab toh banta…
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…
CEC Rajiv Kumar (Picture credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has condemned the use of inappropriate language directed at female political leaders during Maharashtra’s election campaign, calling on officials to take swift and decisive action against any candidates making such remarks.In a meeting with election and law enforcement officials, Kumar expressed…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday took a jibe at exit polls – which have had a chequered history regarding the accuracy of their predictions, the case with recent Haryana polls being no different – saying that they are neither based on science nor make public disclosures regarding their methodology, but create a “distortion” by…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday questioned the practice of showing winning/losing trends 5 to 10 minutes after the official beginning of counting at 8am on election result days.“Showing winning/losing trends at 8.05am or 8.10am, which is just five or ten minutes after start of counting at 8am is nonsense,” CEC Rajiv…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday rejected Congress‘s claims of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Haryana assembly elections.Speaking to news agency ANI responded to questions being raised by opposition parties over EVMs and said, “the public answers the questions by participating in the voting. As far as the EVMs…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday gave an update on preparedness for holding the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls stating that the election commission is working on it as political parties recognised in the state are “battling strongly” for it.“We are committed to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest…
