INDIA bloc leaders to meet today to discuss strategy against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet through video conferencing on Thursday evening to discuss their strategy over the ongoing row involving chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, sources cited by news agency ANI said, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday accused Congress of pursuing “shoot and scoot” politics after the party claimed that the Election Commission had decided to provide “readable” electoral rolls to political parties because the whole nation was on the streets against the “vote chors”.BJP spokesperson Pradip Bhandari said Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul…
Kiren Rijiju alleged an opposition conspiracy to incite violence during anti-SIR protests. Suvendu Adhikari ordered a probe after a Kolkata stampede killed 19. Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi, Shah and CEC Gyanesh Kumar of vote theft and vowed they would face justice. JD Vance called his H-1B visa remarks “imperfect” after India’s objection. Protests in…
File photo: US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and MEA spokesperson NEW DELHI: India on Friday strongly rejected US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal‘s remarks concerning the country’s electoral process, calling them “unwarranted and uninformed” and accusing her of interfering in the electoral practices of a fellow democracy.Responding to a question during a bi-weekly media briefing in New Delhi,…
File photo: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stands next to Priyanka Gandhi and student activist Neha Bora leading the October 12th protest NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and other protestors over their October 12 march to the apex court to protest alleged irregularities in…
Ashok Lavasa speaks online at the event NEW DELHI: Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was facing an unprecedented level of controversy and urged the poll body to regain public trust amid protests over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Drawing a parallel…
SC flags over 10 defects in Rahul’s plea against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Supreme Court registry Monday flagged over 10 defects in a petition filed by the Rahul Gandhi-led INDIA bloc against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged large-scale voter deletions and irregularities in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.The registry asked the lawyer…
The opposition also demanded Kumar’s resignation NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc leaders on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu and submitted a memorandum outlining four demands, as the opposition intensified its campaign against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.In the memorandum submitted to the President, the opposition demanded: CEC’s resignation, scrapping of assembly elections held over the last…
File photo: Opposition’s anti-SIR stir NEW DELHI: A group of 42 retired judges on Thursday slammed the opposition’s attack on Election Commission, claiming that it appeared to be a calculated campaign driven by “vested political interests” with little regard for the potentially devastating consequences of destabilising the world’s largest democracy.“India’s constitutional bodies are under sustained…
Delhi Police likely to file FIR over alleged assault on police during protest NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police is examining several mobile phone videos to identify protesters allegedly involved in the assault and obstruction of police personnel during a Congress protest near Jantar Mantar, police sources said on Thursday.The footage, including videos showing women police…
