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Special Intensive Revision falls within the constitutional powers of the Election Commission to periodically purify electoral rolls to ensure no eligible voter is excluded from the list and no ineligible voter is included, Union Minister JP Nadda said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a debate on Election Reforms in the Upper House, the Leader of the House attacked the Congress for creating an atmosphere that mass-scale rigging was taking place in the country in the name of SIR (Special ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Union Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday accused the Congress of misleading the country by creating a false narrative of rigging of votes through SIR process and said the Opposition is hurting national interest by questioning the Election Commission in order to hide its electoral failures. Instead of blaming the Election Commission (ECI) and electoral process, Nadda, who is the leader of the Upper House, asked the Congress to find the actual reason for its successive defeats ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP MP JP Nadda on Tuesday lambasted Congress over electoral fraud allegations, stating that the party is spreading misconceptions after losing elections. Addressing the Upper House of Parliament during a discussion on electoral reforms, Nadda noted that the Opposition is not against Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, while posing the question of infiltrators in voter lists. Taking a jibe at Congress, JP Nadda also stated tha ...Read More >
New Delhi, December 16: In a fiery rebuttal during the Rajya Sabha debate on electoral reforms, Union Minister, BJP President and leader of the House, J.P. Nadda strongly defended the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, accusing the Congress of tarnishing the institution's image to mask its own electoral failures and cadre frustration. He was replying to a debate on electoral reforms. Nadda emphasised the ECI's constitutional duty to purify v ...Read More >
Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and a prominent advocate for clean elections, passed away in Delhi at the age of 80. He spearheaded landmark judicial interventions, enhancing transparency and accountability in Indian politics, including mandatory disclosure of candidate information and the striking down of the Electoral Bonds scheme. Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms and a long-standing advocate for ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Former Chief Justices of India JS Khehar and DY Chandrachud gave their views before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) of Parliament on One Nation, One Election on Friday and are learnt to have said the Bill to implement the proposal of simultaneous polls does not hamper the basic structure of the Constitution. They suggested revisiting some provisions of the legislation relating to the powers of the Election Commission (EC), according to sources. The JPC ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 10: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday objected to the PILs filed by several NGOs and other political activists in the Supreme Court challenging its decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, representing the poll body, objected to the locus standi of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and other PIL litigants. "None of them are voters in Bihar! Before you (SC) are some ...Read More >
New Delhi: The confirmation that Bangladesh will go to the polls in April 2026 - announced by interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Friday - may appear to be a domestic development, but its ramifications stretch far beyond national borders. For India, which shares not just a border but deep economic and security ties with Bangladesh, the delayed return to democratic governance presents a delicate geopolitical balancing act. With rising Chinese investment and potential political rea ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 26, 2024), indicated a level of hypocrisy attached to criticism about Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), saying ""EVMs are tampered when you lose and fine if you win". The oral remark was made by Justice Vikram Nath before dismissing a petition filed by evangelist K.A. Paul, who urged for a judicial order to return to paper ballots. Also read:EVM-VVPAT case | Cannot disclose 'source code' of EVMs, will result in misuse: Supreme Court Justice Nath, during ...Read More >
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