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Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar releases a video message for the voters ahead of assembly elections NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday released a video message for the voters ahead of assembly elections, thanking them for their support to JD(U) since 2005 and urged them to vote in large to ensure victory…
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) issued a warning against alleged irregularities in the ongoing revision of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, vowing legal action and a mass movement if names of genuine voters are found deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.At a closed-door virtual meeting attended by…
NEW DELHI: The Opposition on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) after it announced Phase 2 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across 12 states and Union Territories, calling it a “vote theft” exercise designed to benefit the ruling BJP. Several leaders accused the poll body…
PATNA: Opposition’s CM face Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of RJD vowed Sunday to scrap the Waqf (Amendment) Act if INDIA bloc forms govt in Bihar after the Nov assembly polls, triggering sharp reactions from NDA partners BJP and JD(U), which accused him of misleading Muslims and disrespecting Parliament. “If our govt is formed in Bihar, the…
BENGALURU: Karnataka police’s special investigation team probing the alleged voter deletion scam in Aland constituency during the 2023 assembly polls has reportedly uncovered evidence of attempts to remove names from the electoral rolls, and identified six suspects.Sleuths said deletions were carried out at a cyber centre in Aland, where operators were allegedly paid Rs 80…
Raj Thackeray questions EC ahead of local body polls in Maharashtra NEW DELHI: Criticising the Election Commission ahead of local body elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday claimed that 9.6 million fake voters have been added, according to information received by the party. The MNS chief urged the Election Commission not…
In the 1990s, the powerful “MY” (Muslim-Yadav) vote bank propelled Lalu Prasad Yadav to the summit of Bihar politics. Today, as his eldest son Tejashwi Yadav aims to repeat that feat, the crucial question is: which way will Muslim voters swing? With Prashant Kishor‘s pledge to field 40 Muslim candidates and Asaduddin Owaisi’s Grand Democratic…
NEW DELHI: Continued accusations from NGO-petitioners that the Election Commission deleted names from the Bihar voter list after the special intensive revision made EC retort in the Supreme Court that all political parties have expressed satisfaction with the exercise and that not a single appeal has been filed against the deletion of names. The bench…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India to provide it with details of 3.66 lakh excluded voters from the final electoral poll prepared under the Bihar special intensive revision (SIR). During the hearing, the poll body told the apex court that most of the names added to the final…
PATNA: Bihar will have a total electorate of 7.4 crore when state assembly elections are held, according to the final electoral roll published on Tuesday by the Election Commission of India. Overall, the voter count has dropped by 6%.The final number of voters arrived at after completion of the special intensive revision (SIR) has fallen…
