Heavy security, long queues and missing Trinamool booth agents defined the opening hours of Falta repolling ordered by the Election Commission after alleged poll irregularities.
Over 1.13 lakh names have been deleted from Jammu and Kashmir’s Panchayat electoral rolls while 3.39 lakh new voters were added during the latest revision exercise, pushing the total electorate past 72.24 lakh ahead of the upcoming panchayat polls.
The Supreme Court on Thursday termed it “very unfortunate” that political parties demand an independent Election Commission when in opposition, but turn silent on the issue or take a completely contrary stand once in power, even as the court was told that free and fair elections — a part of the basic structure of the Constitution — necessarily presuppose an independent and impartial Election Commission.
After losing ground in key constituencies, Mamata Banerjee accused authorities of unfair practices, questioned the election outcome’s legitimacy, and signalled a political fight ahead for her party.
ECI enforces strict counting rules in Bengal, stopping Abhishek Banerjee at a Kolkata centre while issuing directions over mobile phone violations during Bhabanipur vote counting.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday expressed his commitment to safeguarding democracy in Bihar amidst allegations of attempts to "steal elections" through the Special Intensive Revision process being carried out by the Election Commission.
The Election Commission has made significant progress in the Special Intensive Revision drive of electoral rolls, with over 74 percent of the state's nearly 7.90 crore electors having submitted their Enumeration Forms, the poll panel said Friday,asserting that as of July 11, a total of 5,87,49,463 forms have been collected.
In the first 15 days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, approximately 57.48 per cent of enumeration forms have been collected in Bihar, with 16 days still remaining, the Election Commission said in a press note on Wednesday.
The Congress party Friday came out strongly against the Election Commission's decision to undertake a Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections.
The meeting was aimed to address the parties' queries and provide clarity on the SIR process.
