Rahul Gandhi hits back at EC: Congress MP demands voter rolls, CCTV footage; rebuts ‘evasive’ reply to ‘match fixing’ claim | India News – Times of India

Rahul Gandhi hits back at EC: Congress MP demands voter rolls, CCTV footage; rebuts ‘evasive’ reply to ‘match fixing’ claim | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday responded to the Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) statement rejecting his allegations of “match-fixing” in elections. Gandhi, in a post on X, said the “dear EC” should answer the questions raised in his article instead of issuing “unsigned, evasive notes.“Responding to election commission of India’s (ECI) statement,…

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‘Made a mistake of giving financial benefit to all women’: Ajit Pawar on Ladki Bahin scheme; Uddhav Sena cries voter bribe | India News – Times of India

‘Made a mistake of giving financial benefit to all women’: Ajit Pawar on Ladki Bahin scheme; Uddhav Sena cries voter bribe | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday admitted that the state government made a “mistake” in extending financial benefits to all applicants of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana without sufficient scrutiny, attributing the lapse to time constraints ahead of last year’s assembly elections.“We made a mistake of giving the financial benefit…

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Trump administration sues North Carolina election board over missing voter ID numbers – Times of India

Trump administration sues North Carolina election board over missing voter ID numbers – Times of India

US President Donald Trump has filed lawsuit against North Carolina’s election board (Image credit: AP) The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina’s election board for violating a federal law regarding voter registrations. As per the accusations, the board has failed to collect mandatory ID numbers from some voters during registration.The US Department…

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Election Commission to implement electronic death data integration to clean voter rolls | India News – The Times of India

Election Commission to implement electronic death data integration to clean voter rolls | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Introducing an important reform aimed at cleaning the electoral roll, the Election Commission on Thursday said it would obtain deaths registration data electronically from Registrar General of India, which maintains mandatory database of all births and deaths in line with the amendments made to Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD Act) in…

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Election Commission rolls out reforms to boost accuracy of electoral rolls, voter services | India News – The Times of India

Election Commission rolls out reforms to boost accuracy of electoral rolls, voter services | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a move to improve the accuracy of electoral rolls and streamline voter services, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched three major initiatives aimed at strengthening the electoral process. These reforms were announced following the Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) held in March, under the leadership of Chief Election Commissioner…

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Ready to deliberate over demand for uploading booth-wise voter turnout data: EC to SC | India News – The Times of India

Ready to deliberate over demand for uploading booth-wise voter turnout data: EC to SC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is willing to deliberate over the demand for uploading booth-wise voter turnout data on its website.A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan asked the petitioners to make representations before the poll panel…

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TMC, Congress, BJD press EC on ‘voter card fraud’ amid Parliament protests | India News – The Times of India

TMC, Congress, BJD press EC on ‘voter card fraud’ amid Parliament protests | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Opposition parties took various routes to protest essentially against three main issues in Parliament on Tuesday, without resorting to stalling the house proceedings for the second half of the Budget session that opened on Monday.On the “voter card fraud” that Trinamool Congress flagged first with a list of duplicate EPIC numbers, the party…

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EC says will resolve ‘decades-long’ duplicate voter IDs issue in next 3 months | India News – The Times of India

EC says will resolve ‘decades-long’ duplicate voter IDs issue in next 3 months | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission EC on Friday announced that it will resolve the longstanding issue of duplicate Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers within the next three months. In an official statement, the commission acknowledged the presence of multiple voters with the same EPIC numbers due to past discrepancies in the allotment process. This…

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‘EC covering up voter list fraud’: TMC’s fresh charge against poll body | India News – The Times of India

‘EC covering up voter list fraud’: TMC’s fresh charge against poll body | India News – The Times of India

TMC leaders outside ECI office (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Saket Gokhale on Tuesday countered the Election Commission of India (ECI )’s claims, accusing the poll body of “covering up” the alleged voter list fraud instead of accepting it. The Rajya Sabha MP claimed the ECI was attempting to brazen out the…

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