Lucknow: Mayawati was unanimously re-elected as the national president of the BSP, the party said here on Tuesday. The decision was taken during a special meeting of the BSP Central Executive Committee (CEC) and senior national-level office bearers and state party units and representatives selected from all over the country, it said. Mayawati, 68, is … Read more
Punning it Like a Poet CEC Rajiv Kumar was at his poetic best during the press conference announcing the elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. In keeping with his ‘shaayari’ on ‘zamooriyat’ in his Jammu presser last week, the CEC composed another one, this time with full pun intended, referring to how J&K voters … Read more
The countdown for yearend assembly elections has begun. Deputy election commissioners have already started heading to states to assess preparedness. Maharashtra is the first stop. An election panel team is already in the poll-bound state and other teams will soon visit Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. CEC-led ECI brass is also likely to conduct … Read more
The Election Commission of India is “encouraged” by high voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir and will move towards holding assembly polls in the Union Territory “at the earliest”, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar has said.In a first such statement, the CEC told ET that ECI was “heartened” and “more confident” of holding polls in … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and others on a plea challenging the recently enacted law to govern the appointment and service conditions of chief election commissioner and other election commissioners. A bench headed by justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices on the plea filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur and others. … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress sent yet another letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, requesting for a meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders with him to discuss their demands such as the voters’ self-checking voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips and their larger use in the Lok Sabha election. The party also reminded the … Read more
