The Election Fee of India (ECI) on Tuesday issued directions for holding a Particular Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, in accordance with the schedule and tips prescribed by the Fee. In an official assertion, the ballot physique stated that the target of an intensified revision is to make sure that the…
Paradoxically, chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar claimed on 10 June 2025 that the method of making ready the electoral roll in India is among the many “most rigorous and clear” on the earth. He was delivering the keynote tackle on the Stockholm Worldwide Convention on ‘Electoral Integrity’, organised by the Worldwide Institute for Democracy…
The #Congress will organise torchlight processions on June 12 in #Maharashtra to attract folks’s consideration to the “vote theft sample” of the 2024 polls, which it fears may very well be replicated within the upcoming Bihar elections. Stating that BJP leaders are responding to queries directed on the ECI, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on…
The Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha claimed that, in easy phrases, extra folks voted within the November 2024 meeting elections in Maharashtra than there have been adults within the state, the place the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition emerged victorious with a thumping majority. “The Election Fee gave us a voting determine for five:30…
The EC on Tuesday mentioned linkage of voter playing cards with Aadhaar could be completed in line with the prevailing legislation and the Supreme Court docket’s instructions and added technical consultations between its consultants and UIDAI for the train would “start quickly”. The EC held a gathering with the Union residence secretary, legislative secretary (within…
“The identical voter ID quantity is getting used for a number of voters, each from the identical constituency in the identical state in addition to from different states. That is completely stunning. “A singular voter ID for each Indian voter is the elemental requirement and premise of a clear voter checklist. A number of voters…
In one more stunning revelation, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, backed by Shiv Sena-UBT and NCP-SS leaders, has accused the Election Fee of India (ECI) of blatant electoral malpractice in Maharashtra. Elevating severe issues over the integrity of the electoral course of, Gandhi identified an unprecedented surge of 39 lakh voters mysteriously added to the rolls…
It is vitally tough to outline what a ‘freebie’ is and the Election Fee’s “fingers are tied” on the problem as it’s sub judice, CEC Rajiv Kumar mentioned on Tuesday, 7 January 2025. He additionally mentioned it was “excessive time” that “accepted and authorized solutions” had been discovered. Chief election commissioner (CEC) Kumar was addressing…
“CCTV protection, webcasting of polling stations should not carried out below Conduct of Election Guidelines however are the results of steps taken by the EC to make sure a stage enjoying discipline,” a former EC official mentioned. An EC functionary mentioned, “There have been cases the place such digital information had been sought, citing the…
“Equally, they’ll arrange a committee that additionally appears on the behaviour associated to inappropriate conduct of get together staff and other people inside the get together. So, if you happen to take a look at the letter of the regulation and also you take a look at who’s the employer, you’ll wrestle,” Mattoo stated. “However…
