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 (EC) took serious note of the allegations of damage to an electronic voting machine (EVM) by YSRCP MLA P Ramakrishna Reddy and launched a probe against him.
The Election Commission of India has directed the state Chief Secretary, B.P.Gopalika to remove the present Police superintendent of Purulia, Abhijit Banerjee by 10 AM tomorrow and submit names of three IPS officers to the ECI.
The government had to seek permission from the poll panel since the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is still in force though the polling for the Lok Sabha elections was completed on May 13.
The poll panel has sought a response from Majumdar by 5 pm on 21st May.
He further said that the number of voters has increased by 3,81,815 as compared to a total of 53,30,154 in the year 2019, which represents an increase of 7.16 per cent.
