NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday flagged major discrepancies in Bihar’s electoral rolls revealed from its controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The ongoing survey, EC said, revealed that 18 lakh deceased electors, 26 lakh electors who had been shifted to different constituencies, and 7 lakh electors who had been enrolled at two…
NEW DELHI: Congress hailed Supreme Court hearing on EC’s revision of Bihar electoral rolls as a significant step, and expressed hope that the poll watchdog will accept additional documents like Aadhaar for voter’s verification.Congress general secretary and MP K C Venugopal said, “It is a relief for the democracy. The matter will now be heard…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav for “chakka jam” in Bihar over Election Commission’s special intensive revision of electoral roll just months ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.Rahul and Tejashwi, along with CPI’s D Raja and CPM’s Deepankar Bhattacharya led the Grand Alliance march to the chief electoral officer’s…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, calling the process a direct threat to democratic rights. In a scathing critique, Moitra accused the poll body of acting at the behest…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Saturday hit back at leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his allegations of Maharashtra poll rigging. Terming the Congress leader’s claims “straight out of George Soros’ playbook”, Malviya called out Rahul’s “repeated attempts” to “sow seeds of doubt and dissension” in the minds…
NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings on National Voter’s Day, Congress took the opportunity to criticise the “PM-HM duo” for compromising with “the professionalism and independence of the Election Commission”.“Sadly, over the past decade, the professionalism and independence of the Election Commission has been severely compromised by the PM-HM duo. Some…