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NEW DELHI: Congress MP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday accused the Election Commission of acting as the BJP’s “election chori wing,” claiming it is helping the saffron party commit voter fraud ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.He reposted a video on X, which claims that government officials were…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court expressed concern on Tuesday over the encouragement given to regionalism by political parties to seek votes and said this poses as much danger to the unity and integrity of India as the promotion of communal divide in society.“Regional parties openly promote regionalism and seek votes during elections. Is this not against…
Tejashwi Yadav (Picture from X) NEW DELHI: Bihar’s voter list controversy is snowballing into a political slugfest, with BJP leader Sanjay Jaiswal on Sunday launching a fierce attack on RJD scion Tejashwi Yadav for dismissing reports of illegal foreign nationals being found in the state’s electoral rolls. The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise by…
Nawada BLO conducts door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms and collection of filled forms PATNA: Bihar’s ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls has unearthed an unspecified number of illegal immigrants from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar residing in the state and aiming to become voters with Aadhaar, ration cards and domicile certificates acquired through fraud, Election…
Tejashwi Yadav (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday rejected source-based reports claiming that the Election Commission, during its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), found people from Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar registered as voters in poll-bound Bihar.“Who are these sources?” Tejashwi Yadav asked Rubbishing the reports, the RJD leader…
NEW DELHI: Field-level officials of the Election Commission (EC) have identified “a large number” of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar during ongoing house-to-house verification for the revision of the voters’ list in Bihar, news agency PTI quoted EC officials as saying on Sunday.The EC has made it clear that names of illegal migrants will…
NEW DELHI: Congress hailed Supreme Court hearing on EC’s revision of Bihar electoral rolls as a significant step, and expressed hope that the poll watchdog will accept additional documents like Aadhaar for voter’s verification.Congress general secretary and MP K C Venugopal said, “It is a relief for the democracy. The matter will now be heard…
NEW DELHI: With opposition parties alleging SIR of electoral rolls of Bihar was a “citizenship screening exercise” and EC refuting the allegation and contending that being a citizen was the primary criterion for being a voter, Supreme Court Thursday asked whether the poll panel could venture into the citizenship issue which comes within the jurisdiction…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to consider accepting Aadhaar, voter ID card and ration card as valid documents for its special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and allowed the process to go on. Though the court flagged the practical difficulty in completing the task within the short…
LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a protest amid ‘Bihar bandh’ called by the INDIA bloc against Special Intensive Revision in the state, in Patna. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A storm is brewing in Bihar’s political landscape months ahead of the assembly election as Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
