Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said the Election Commission has refused to meet INDIA bloc parties on the issue of use of 100 per cent VVPAT slips and alleged that the constitutional body’s independence has been “severely eroded” since 2014. The opposition party’s criticism of the poll panel came … Read more
Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee raised the issue of resignation of election commissioner Arun Goel and saluted him for not succumbing to BJP pressure while addressing a mega public rally at Brigade Parade Ground on Sunday where she kicked off the Lok Sabha campaign. “One election commissioner has resigned on Saturday. We salute him for his … Read more
The government on Sunday communicated to Congress floor leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, that it will “very soon convene” a meeting of the search committee – of which Chowdhury is the sole Opposition representative – to fill up the vacancy arising from the abrupt resignation of election commissioner Arun Goel as well … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast will not be aired for the next three months in line with political ethics in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In the 110th episode of the programme, he said there is a possibility that the Model Code of Conduct … Read more
The Income Tax Department has sent notices to a number of taxpayers who made donations to political parties that are registered, but not recognised by the Election Commission. The notices sent to individuals and corporates are for donations made in FY21 and FY22, to find out whether such payments to lesser-known political parties were used … Read more
After the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP gave three names to the Election Commission on Wednesday, the poll body alloted the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar as the party name. A day after EC allocated the NCP name and ‘clock’ symbol to the Ajit Pawar faction, the Sharad Pawar group had given three names – Nationalist … Read more
While the Ajit Pawar faction is celebrating the Election Commission’s decision to allot the NCP ‘clock’ symbol and party name to the Ajit faction, the Sharad Pawar group said that it was “surprised” with the decision but expected it. The Sharad Pawar faction also said it will approach the Supreme Court against the EC order. … Read more
Rajkumar Hirani is one of the few filmmakers of India whose films always come with a subject that severs the masses with some sort of social awareness. From Munna Bhai MBBS to Dunki, the director has always touched the hearts of the audience with his cinema while evoking their feelings. While this has always made … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday accused the Centre of weakening the democratic system in the country through its “attempts” to bring Constitutional institutions under control. The Centre is making moves to hold sway over the Constitutional institutions including the Election Commission, he charged. The chief minister further alleged that the recent amendment … Read more
Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday said that the Election Commission of India should be ashamed and seek forgiveness from people as the Supreme Court had to intervene and issue directions for assembly elections in the Union Territory. “Unfortunately, the Supreme Court had to intervene and issue directions for assembly … Read more
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