The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks including ‘pannauti’ (bad omen) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and asked him to reply by 6 pm of November 25.
An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) delegation led by Lok Sabha MP Raghav Chadha lodged a complaint against the BJP with the Election Commission India (ECI) for allegedly running a campaign of calumny against party’s convenor Arvind Kejriwal on social media.
The Congress took precaution against being blamed for the suspension of the disbursal by the ruling party.
Priyanka Gandhi announced a scholarship scheme for school students in the state worth Rs 648.80 crore on Thursday.
Except for a few Maoist pockets, polls are usually peaceful in the state, but the Commission wants to make the polls inducement-free after the bitter experience of Munugode bypoll.
Political parties will now be able to file their financial accounts online to the Election Commission, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday.
Strict vigil, extensive monitoring, coordination with neighbouring states and inter-agency coordination have led to a check on the flow and distribution of inducements in the state this time.
Union minister Bhupender Yadav said, “She (Sonia Gandhi) deliberately used the word sovereignty. Congress manifesto is the agenda of the 'Tukde-Tukde' gang and hence they are using such words,” told reporters.
ECI has asked all political parties to get "clearance" from media certification and monitoring committee (MCMC) before publishing any advertisement in print media on date of polling and a day prior.
In significant decisions, the ECI on Monday recognised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a national party and withdrew this recognition given to the Nationalist Congress Party, CPI and Trinamul Congress.
