The 'Ashadhi Wari' takes place during the same period, and lakhs of devotees from more than 20 districts in western Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha travel on foot to Pandharpur, the letter from Congress leader Harshvardhan Sapkal noted
The workshop aims at strengthening institutional preparedness in poll activities and supporting electoral management bodies in institutionalising structured electoral risk management frameworks, policies and operational systems
The Dalit Sangharsha Samiti leader said that it is time to build a people’s movement around the issue.
A report has been sought from the returning officers of at least two cities and five districts across the State on how the foreigners managed to vote despite the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls
In West Bengal polls, 78% lost their security amount; the least number (63%) of candidates lost their deposit was in Assam
The poll authority had held back the exercise due to Assembly elections in Kerala, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal held last month
"Throughout this entire process, we witnessed what we believe was deeply partisan conduct by several government agencies as well as the Election Commission of India," says Mr. Banerjee in a post on X
The data release covers all 830 Assembly constituencies where the election process concluded on May 6