All posts tagged "Election Commission"

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  #Assam : After Special SR , Election Commission Publishes Final Voter List , Over 2.43 Lakh Names Deleted From Draft Rolls

  At the end of claims and objections, the final roll has been published with a total of 2.49 crore voters, a decrease...

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  Supreme Court Makes This Statement On SIR Exercise In West Bengal

  "We will not allow anyone to create any impediment in the SIR exercise. It must be clear to the states," the CJI...

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  SIR Quandary : Additions and deletions are part of the electoral roll revision exercise undertaken by the Election Commission – Supreme Court

  When senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for one of the petitioners, alleged mass deletions of names from the voter list, the CJI...

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  #Tamil Nadu Polls : Election Commission Allots Symbols To Kamal Haasan, Vijay ; Whistle And Battery Torch Respectively

  The whistle symbol has been allotted to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), headed by actor Vijay. Whereas, the battery torch symbol has been...

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  Supreme Court Has Made These Telling Observations Regarding Revision of Electoral Rolls

  The observations were made by a bench comprising Chief Justice and Justice Joymalya Bagchi during the final hearing on a batch of...

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  Election Commission Mulls Extending Deadline For The SIR Exercise In West Bengal

  Compliance with multiple directions issued by the Supreme Court may make it difficult to adhere to the existing timeline, he said, adding...

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  The SIR is important, but the way it is being conducted is not proper. Common people are being harassed in the name of SIR. I do not see the reason for conducting it in such a hurry – Chandra Kumar Bose

  Bose, who had contested the 2016 assembly elections and the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on BJP tickets, called the Special Intensive Revision...

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  Election commission gaslighting citizens is how trust has collapsed in our democracy. Vote Chori is an anti-national act – Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha

  Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has said it would conduct a thorough probe into the quality of the 'indelible' ink in marker...

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  SIR Furore : However, even before the draft voter list was released, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said that approximately four crore votes were going to be removed – Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi party president

  The draft electoral roll for Uttar Pradesh after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was published on January 6. In it, 2.89...

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  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Writes Letter To CEC On SIR , Alleges Exercise Is To Delete Voters Than Correct Records

  In her letter, Banerjee accused the Election Commission of political bias and high-handedness during the exercise