Tag: Amit Malviya
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Congress’ Salman Khurshid, BJP’s Amit Malviya take on CAA debate in new book
Mr Khurshid is of the opinion that the central government, with the CAA and the intention of conducting a pan-India NRC, should have given it a deeper thought to finalise what documents they want shown.
August 10, 2020 -
‘Fake news’ to malign health dept: Mamata Banerjee on allegation of foul play over COVID-19 death figures
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya accused Banerjee of fudging COVID-19 cases numbers.
April 6, 2020 -
‘Modinomics destroying economy’: Rahul Gandhi takes dig at Centre while congratulating Nobel awardee
He made the remark in a tweet he put out to congratulate Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee for winning the Economics Nobel prize.
October 15, 2019 -
BJP mastered WhatsApp elections in India: Shashi Tharoor
"The upcoming elections will be fought on the mobile phone... In a way, you could say they would be ‘WhatsApp elections'."
May 19, 2019 -
EC rejects ’leak’ of K’taka poll date
While asking political parties and news channels to act more responsibly and avoid speculating on dates of polls, the Election Commission on Friday ruled out any ‘leak’ of the schedule of the Karnataka Assembly elections as alleged by Opposition. The EC had set up a committee on 27 March to look into the allegations of …
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April 14, 2018 -
Cong hits out at EC over date leak
A day after the Election Commission (EC) constituted a committee of its six senior officers to probe into alleged leak of the Karnataka poll schedule, the Congress criticised the EC for excluding the ruling BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya (pic) in the panel’s terms of reference while including the Karnataka Congress’s social media in-charge …
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March 29, 2018 -
Karnataka poll date leak: Amit Malviya ‘absolved’, Congress to be questioned
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT-cell head Amit Malviya will not be probed by the Election Commission of India (EC) over Karnataka election schedule leak. According to EC’s office order, Srivatsa B, who heads the Congress party’s social media cell in Karnataka will be questioned. However, the office order has no mention of BJP IT Cell …
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March 28, 2018 -
Election Commission sets up panel to probe Karnataka poll date leak
The Election Commission on Tuesday evening set up a committee of senior officials to probe the leak of the poll schedule for Karnataka before it was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner earlier on Tuesday. The committee, which has been asked to submit its report within a week, would also suggest steps needed to prevent …
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March 28, 2018 -
Karnataka set for polls on 12 May as leak row erupts
Amid a controversy, the Election Commission (EC) Tuesday announced the schedule of the Karnataka Assembly elections, declaring that the polling for the single-phase elections for the 224-member Assembly will be held on 12 May with the counting of votes to be carried out on 15 May. Reflecting the fierce conflict and high stakes of the …
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March 28, 2018 -
EC sets up committee to probe poll date ‘leak’, seeks report in 7 days
Following major uproar over the alleged leak of Karnataka poll dates, the Election Commission on Tuesday constituted a committee of officers to probe the sensitive matter, officials said. The committee will submit the report within 7 days. “EC has constituted a committee of officers to probe the matter… Report will be submitted in seven days,” …
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March 27, 2018 -
Malviya didn’t mean to undermine EC’s stature: BJP tells poll panel
A BJP delegation led by senior leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday informed the EC that the party’s IT cell head had “no intention” to undermine the poll panel’s stature after he ‘leaked’ the Karnataka Assembly poll date before the poll panel’s official announcement. Talking to the media after meeting Election Commission (EC) officials here, …
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March 27, 2018 -
BJP delegation to meet EC over Malviya’s Karnataka poll date tweet
A BJP delegation will on Tuesday meet EC officials following a major uproar over the revelation of Karnataka Assembly poll dates by the party’s IT cell head even before the poll panel’s official announcement. The delegation led by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will meet Election Commission (EC) officials here. Opposition …
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March 27, 2018 -
BJP is ‘Super Election Commission’: Surjewala on Amit Malviya’s tweet controversy
Congress Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala slammed BJP and called the party a “Super Election Commission” after a controversy erupted following Amit Malviya’s tweet that gave out Karnataka election dates before the Election Commission of India announced them. The Congress leader said in a tweet, “BJP becomes the ‘Super Election Commission’ as they announce poll …
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March 27, 2018 -
Controversy erupts as BJP IT-cell head Amit Malviya tweets Karnataka polling, result dates before EC
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT-cell head Amit Malviya on Tuesday got embroiled in a controversy after he reportedly revealed the polling and counting dates for Karnataka Assembly elections even before the Election Commission. It is another matter that the counting date posted by Malviya turned out to be incorrect. Malviya tweeted May 12 and May …
March 27, 2018 -
Modi following someone on Twitter not a character certificate: BJP
BJP’s head of Information and Technology Amit Malviya on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi following someone on Twitter is not a character certificate to that person and termed as “mischievous and contorted” the controversy over this. “The controversy over Prime Minister following people on Twitter is mischievous and contorted. PM Modi is the only …
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September 7, 2017