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.
Incidentally, among those who got elected "unopposed" are 45 BJP candidates, 19 Shinde-led Sena candidates and two Ajit PAwar-led NCP candidates.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has asked his party workers and leaders to be involved in further strengthening the party at the booth level keeping a close watch on the SIR regarding the voter list.
Briefing media persons after the meeting, Banerjee said the delegation raised eight to ten issues but did not receive any clear answers during the discussion, which lasted two and a half hours.
The Election Commission (EC) has summoned the mother, brother and sister-in-law of Khandaghosh MLA Nabin Chandra Bag after their records could not be traced during voter list verification.
A total of 5.04 crore enumeration forms were collected within the given deadline of December 11.
