Rajya Sabha by-election: Polling for 3 seats in West Bengal on July 24
As per the poll panel's schedule, the notification for the by-elections will be issued on July 7 and the last date for filing of nominations is July 14.
As per the poll panel's schedule, the notification for the by-elections will be issued on July 7 and the last date for filing of nominations is July 14.
While the petition initially referred to three accounts, the Kalighat camp claimed that a total of eight accounts had now been frozen.
The INDIA bloc has escalated its challenge to the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision process, with 23 Opposition parties and one Independent jointly writing to the Chief Justice of India seeking judicial scrutiny.
The apex court left open the option of an election petition before the High Court as the Congress intensified its protest over the rejection of Natarajan's candidature.
Congress leaders climbed police barricades and several workers were detained as the party intensified its campaign against the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha nomination.
Party workers marched from the Congress state headquarters toward the Election Commission office, raising slogans such as “Vote chor gaddi chhod” and “RSS ki nai shakha—Chunav Aayog.”
The Samajwadi Party has decided to provide financial assistance of ₹2 lakh to the dependents of the deceased of the BLOs in the state.
The ECI is carrying out SIR pan-India to weed out ineligible voters and illegal immigrants who have somehow managed to enter the electoral rolls, in order to protect the integrity of the poll process. However, the Opposition has alleged that the aim of the exercise is to disenfranchise genuine voters who support opposition parties and thereby help the BJP.
Trivedi alleged that Jharkhand minister Irfan Ansari had openly stated that if any booth-level officer from the Election Commission came merely to collect information, “he should be taken hostage.” He questioned whether such statements did not put the Constitution at risk, adding that “wherever the INDIA alliance comes to power, the spirit of the Constitution is sidelined.”
"Before 2014, people would ask questions of the government, but now they are questioning the opposition, which is not even in power," said Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate.
