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NEW DELHI: The joint opposition on Friday moved Parliament for removal of Gyanesh Kumar as chief election commissioner (CEC), a critical step that takes the anti-BJP camp’s protest against the nationwide SIR and conduct of elections to the extreme limit that would further widen its already yawning chasm with the NDA. The removal notice comes…
CEC Gyanesh Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The opposition on Friday submitted notices in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging “partial conduct” in favour of a particular political party and citing six other charges.According to sources, the charges also relate to his handling…
File photo: CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Wednesday voiced support for a proposal by the All India Trinamool Congress to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.The proposal was announced by Trinamool Congress MP Saugata…
NEW DELHI: The joint opposition is likely to move a notice for the removal of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar soon after Lok Sabha disposes off the “removal notice” against Speaker Om Birla, latest by Wednesday. The notice against the CEC may be moved in Rajya Sabha.Sources said TMC raised the demand in the customary…
Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner (File photo) Guwahati: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday said special revision (SR) of Assam’s electoral roll was a legal exercise to remove ineligible voters, while signalling that the state’s election schedule would be framed around Rongali Bihu after parties sought polls before the mid-April festival. The CEC said…
CEC Gyanesh Kumar and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday said the party is considering bringing a motion to impeach Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the manner in which the poll body is conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday stormed out of a meeting with CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the SIR of electoral roll issue in her state, alleging EC “humiliated and insulted” the TMC delegation and that it was BJP’s “dalal”.Talking to reporters later in front of…
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (IANS photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in the national capital on Monday amid her ongoing tussle with the Election Commission and found herself in a face-off with Delhi Police outside Banga Bhavan. Voicing her protest, Mamata said, “We came here for justice,” and warned…
KOLKATA: Two days before her meeting with chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday shot off another letter to Kumar — her 6th since the Nov 4 SIR rollout — questioning EC’s intent in saddling Bengal with 8,100 “illegally appointed” micro-observers, who she claimed, are manipulating voter data.Bengal is the only state…
NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Wednesday utilised the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 – which got underway in Delhi with the participation of delegates from 70 nations – as a forum to showcase the successful conduct of special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar, citing the zero appeals received…
