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According to a newspaper report, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally objected at least 14 times over the past 10 months to decisions and orders of the CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi asked whether there was any evidence that decisions by the Election Commission of India had not been taken unanimously
At a press conference, he points out that as law-abiding citizens one would not commit such an extreme act; he says Election Commission has turned into an arm of the BJP and that Gyanesh Kumar should have some shame
In a post on X, Satheesan says voters need to have full confidence in integrity of India’s electoral process
The ECI responded on September 23, saying that all its actions have been in accordance with the laws and instructions of the Commission
The Election Commission and Government should consider the issue, particularly if eligible voters were prevented from exercising their franchise, Omar Abdullah said
The parties also asked the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognizance of the report
The Election Commission has temporarily frozen the All India Trinamool Congress name and ‘Flowers and Grass’ symbol ahead of the West Bengal bypolls. Reacting to the order, Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee said, “Democracy has no place for dictatorship.” Both rival factions have been asked to submit alternative names and symbols.
The court asked the Election Commission’s counsel if the people to whom these notices were sent at least know what logical discrepancies they have to prove incorrect; petitioners argue that the term ‘logical discrepancies’ was not defined by the EC
The TVK has named leaders of its alliance partners in its list of star campaigners for the Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypolls
Party leader K.C. Venugopal writes to the Election Commission of India alleging a coordinated effort across States to remove eligible electors, especially from marginalised groups
The draft roll removed one in every three Delhi voters as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list
The petition said the Election Commission had banked on the statements of rebel legislators who were facing disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) of the Constitution
LoP Rahul Gandhi and Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal criticised the ECI for freezing the name and symbol of the Trinamool Congress which was set up by Mamata Banerjee 28 years ago
“The poll body has once again proven that it is nothing more than a puppet in the hands of BJP,” says Congress