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.
Ahead of the November 11 Nuapada bypoll, former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Das President Naveen Patnaik on Monday hit out at the BJP-led State Government, alleging that MLAs and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from outside Nuapada are freely moving around and attempting to influence voters through unfair means.
Tejashwi further said that there is a gloomy atmosphere in the NDA camp, and those in power are scared.
Yadav also questioned why the Election Commission of India (ECI) has not released gender-wise voter turnout data for the first phase of polling.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the Commission confirmed that investigations and disciplinary actions are underway to uphold the sanctity of the electoral process.
This comes after a thorough examination of Form 17A (Register of Voters) and other poll-day documents across all 121 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) that went to polls in the first phase.
