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.
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.
21-year-olds need not provide parents' documents; the base level should be 2024.
