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CEC Gyanesh Kumar concluded his Bihar tour. He announced new initiatives for the upcoming assembly elections. The voters' list underwent purification after 22 years. EPIC cards will be delivered within 15 days. Mobile deposit facilities will be at polling booths. Elections will conclude before November 22. These measures will be replicated nationwide. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday announced that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise had "purified" Bihar's vot ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Sunday, made a series of major announcements regarding the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections during a press conference in Patna after a two-day consecutive meetings with top state officials. Starting his address in Bhojpuri and Maithili, the CEC urged voters to treat elections like a festival. "Just as we celebrate Chhath with devotion and enthusiasm, we must celebrate this great festival of democracy. Ensure you ...Read More >
Bihar assembly election: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday outlined key measures for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, stating that "no polling station will have more than 1,200 voters" to ensure smoother voting. The Chief Election Commissioner also highlighted several new initiatives aimed at enhancing transparency and improving the voter experience. Addressing a press conference in Patna, the CEC Gyanesh Kumar said, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Since the Election Commission of India (ECI) rolled out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, there has been an uproar, with the matter reaching the Supreme Court for arbitration. The poll body continued to conduct the process as laid out in the rule books, facing all aspersions, and on Tuesday, September 30, made public copies of the Bihar electoral roll. Throughout the process, it kept updating the progress on its website. Even now ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) Elective merit will be a key factor in deciding seats for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena head Eknath Shinde has said. Addressing shakha pramukhs (branch heads) of Shiv Sena on Sunday, Shinde also said the collective victory of Mahayuti is more important than the number of seats allotted to each constituent of the alliance in the BMC elections. He said due respect will be given to the Sena during ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced another major change in the electoral process, this time focusing on the counting of postal ballots. The move comes as part of the Commission's 30th initiative in the last six months to streamline voting and counting procedures, just months before the high stakes Bihar assembly elections. Currently, the counting of votes has two parallel components: postal ballots/Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballots (ETPBs) and Electronic Votin ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Election Commission, which has faced constant criticism from the opposition, is now in action. Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections, the Election Commission has made a significant change. The Election Commission has surprised everyone by making a significant change to the vote-counting rules. This significant change has been made regarding the counting of postal ballots. This means that postal ballots will no longer be counted first; they will be counted in the round before the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
Bihar SIR Row: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday agreed to share the names of voters deleted in the Bihar Special Intensive Review (SIR) exercise after the Supreme Court grilled the poll panel for not making the details public. "Why can't you disclose the names" of people who have died, migrated, or shifted to other constituencies?," the apex court asked. The EC replied that it had already given the list of deleted names to the political parties in the state. "Why can't you put ...Read More >
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday (August 13, 2025) took a swipe at Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's claim of "vote theft", saying that after "every defeat, Congress kept finding new excuses." He said that, seeing that it is losing the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, the Congress is already engaged in making false allegations in connivance with other Opposition parties. Rahul accuses the Election Commission of not enforcing 'one man, one vote' principle "If there is a ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 8 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Friday that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi makes allegations of wrongdoing in the election process whenever the BJP emerges victorious. He maintained that if the opposition leader was blaming EVMs for Congress' electoral defeats earlier, he is now pointing the finger at 'vote chori' (stealing of votes). Sarma was responding to Gandhi's claims on Thursday of a 'huge criminal fraud' in polls through collusion between the BJP ...Read More >
Pune: State Election Commission (SEC) will use the July 1, 2025, updated legislative assembly voters' list for the upcoming local body elections with chairperson Dinesh Waghmare directing district collectors and municipal commissioners to begin preparations based on the updated voter rolls during video conferences on Thursday and Friday.Elections are due for 29 municipal corporations, 290 nagar panchayats and parishads, 32 zilla parishads, and 336 panchayat samitis, as their terms have expired. ...Read More >
Patna, Jun 28 (PTI) A day after the INDIA bloc alleged that the intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar was being conducted to "help" the BJP in the assembly elections due later this year, NDA partners in the state claimed that the Mahagathbandhan was "scared of losing the polls". Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, both of whom spoke to journalists here separately, claimed that the RJD-Congress-Left combine was trying to come up with an "excuse" for performing poorly in ...Read More >
Patna: The BJP has accused the opposition of using the Election Commission of India (ECI) as a scapegoat in anticipation of defeat in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.The EC has initiated a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar to verify the eligibility of every voter ahead of the polls later this year. The move has drawn criticism from the opposition, which claims it could disenfranchise genuine voters.RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Friday alleged that the decis ...Read More >
Madurai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday chaired the core committee meeting of Tamil Nadu BJP unit here and said that the people of the state are fed up with the "massive corruption" of the DMK government. The BJP top leader was in the temple city to review the preparedness of the party to face the Tamil Nadu Assembly election next year and devise a strategy to fight polls. "The people of Tamil Nadu are fed up with the massive corruption of the DMK govt. The BJP Karyakartas will reach o ...Read More >
New Delhi: The war of words between the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India has gone a level up on the allegations leveled by Leader of Opposition Mr Rahul Gandhi on inflated voter lists and fake voters in Maharashtra. While the ECI has asked Mr Gandhi to approach it directly in case of any grievance, the political allies of the Congress, particularly in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), backed Mr Gandhi on the issue saying "constitutional institutions have ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 Janata Dal United (JD-U) took strong exception to Rahul Gandhi's recent statements targeting Nitish ... New Delhi, June 8 Janata Dal United (JD-U) took strong exception to Rahul Gandhi's recent statements targeting Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, with its senior leaders launching a sharp counterattack at the Leader of Opposition (LoP) on Sunday. The JD(U) leaders accused Gandhi of political immaturity and termed his 'selective criticism' as contradictory and politic ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Janata Dal United (JD-U) took strong exception to Rahul Gandhi's recent statements targeting Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, with its senior leaders launching a sharp counterattack at the Leader of Opposition (LoP) on Sunday. The JD(U) leaders accused Gandhi of political immaturity and termed his 'selective criticism' as contradictory and politically motivated. Rahul Gandhi, addressing a public gathering at the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' in Rajgi ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The BJP has launched a strong counterattack on Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi after his explosive "match-fixing" allegations regarding the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. Party leaders dismissed the claims as "baseless," and a pre-emptive excuse for the Congress party's anticipated defeats in the upcoming polls, especially in Bihar. In his opinion piece and social media posts, LoP Gandhi had accused the BJP-led Mahayuti of industrial-scale rigg ...Read More >
BSP chief Mayawati advocates for elections via ballot papers, alleging EVM tampering to undermine BSP's success. She accuses rival parties of strategically dividing Dalit votes and cautions against opportunistic groups misleading the Bahujan community. Mayawati also voiced concerns over national security, poverty, unemployment, and the politicization of terror incidents, emphasizing the need for equitable participation of Bahujans in India's growth.Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thu ...Read More >
NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule is consulting experts on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) following Maharashtra's assembly poll results. The opposition questions EVM credibility after the Mahayuti coalition's significant win. Sule advocates for ballot papers, citing other countries' adoption, and will announce a final decision soon.NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Saturday said the opinion of experts is being sought over the "EVM issue" in the wake of the Maharashtra assembly polls' mandate as she ...Read More >
A group of villagers from Maharashtra's Malshrias assembly segment insisting on a "re-election" with ballot papers relented on Tuesday and gave up their plan after police intervention, the NCP (SP) winning candidate from the seat said. A senior police official said they had cautioned the villagers that legal action would be initiated if they went ahead with their "polling" plan. Earlier, residents of Markadwadi village under Malshiras segment in Solapur district had put up banners claiming a "r ...Read More >
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan blamed the EVM for the election results and demanded that elections be conducted using ballot papers on Wednesday. New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan blamed the EVM for the election results and demanded that elections be conducted using ballot papers on Wednesday. "A campaign should definitely be run, there is something fishy in the results that are coming, we will not blame anyon ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Election Commission on Tuesday dismissed reports in a section of the press alleging a mismatch of votes polled and counted in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, terming it as "misleading", "inaccurate" and "bereft of facts". The office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has clarified that the mismatch of over 5 lakh votes as mischievously quoted in the report fails to account for postal votes in a seemingly deliberate attempt to mislead and sensationalise. "False Claims of ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition on Tuesday seeking the reintroduction of the physical paper ballot voting system in elections in India. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and PB Varale dismissed the plea filed by evangelist KA Paul seeking physical ballot voting in India. During the hearing, the petitioner said that even leaders like Chandrababu Naidu and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had questioned Electronic Voting Machine (EV ...Read More >
Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [BMC] issued an official statement on Tuesday (November 26, 2024) over the allegations of unfair election and counting of votes made by an Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate from Dahisar. Rajesh Gangaram Yerunkar on Monday, made various allegations on social media in connection with authenticity and transparency in the State Assembly election held on November 20, 2024, as well as on the counting day on November 23, 2024. The M ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 26: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to introduce ballot paper in place of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines). A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P.B. Varale rejected the prayer to return to the ballot system due to the alleged manipulability of EVMs. "When you lose, EVMs are tampered with; when you win, EVMs are fine," remarked the apex court, when the petitioner referred to the ...Read More >
New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed strong disapproval over the repeated doubts raised by political leaders regarding the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The court criticised the tendency of some political figures to question the integrity of the EVM system when they lose elections, while conveniently accepting its legitimacy when they win. The bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud, pointed out the inconsistency in the stance taken by several ...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 >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to revert to ballot paper voting in elections in the country. "What happens is, when you win the election, EVMs (electronic voting machine) are not tampered. When you lose the election, EVMs are tampered (with)," remarked a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale. Apart from ballot paper voting, the plea sought several directions including a directive to the Election Commission to disqualify candidates for a minimum of f ...Read More >
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