The Congress on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “moorkhon ka sardar” and Home Minister Amit Shah for “Rahu-Ketu” remarks allegedly made during poll campaigns. A delegation of Congress leaders met top officials of the Election Commission including chief election commissioner and demanded that it should act against those responsible for… Continue reading "Congress delegation meets EC, reiterates complaint against Modi and Shah"
The Election Commission (EC) has warned the south-eastern Telangana government to desist from doling out financial aid to farmers under a state government scheme after it withdrew the earlier order citing a violation of the poll code. Assembly elections are to be held in Telangana on November 30 and results are to be announced on December 3. The poll body… Continue reading "EC stops Telangana farmer aid scheme"
Senior officials of the Election Commission of India reviewed the preparedness for the conduct of Lok Sabha elections in 2024 in the southern states and union territories here on Thursday. Chief Electoral Officers besides state police nodal officers from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Union Territories of Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep participated in the regional… Continue reading "EC officials review poll preparedness in 4 southern States, U.T.s"
On September 5, seven Assembly seats across six states will hold bypolls to fill vacant seats, in what are set to be the first contests between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition INDIA bloc ahead of several Assembly polls in major states later this year. In five seats, by-elections were necessitated by the deaths of the sitting MLAs,… Continue reading "Bypoll to be held in six states tomorrow"
In a boost for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year, the Election Commission (EC) recognised it as a national party on Monday. The Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Communist Party of India (CPI), however, lost their national party status. The EC’s decision was based on a review of the parties’… Continue reading "AAP gets national party tag, NCP, TMC, CPI lose status"
Nearly eight months after his coup in Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde’s claim on the party’s name and bow-and-arrow symbol has been cleared by the Election Commission in a huge setback for former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for control of the organisation, the commission said Mr Shinde, who became Chief Minister after… Continue reading "Shinde faction is Shiv Sena: Election Commission"
The Election Commission of India has told the Supreme Court that it does not regulate or monitor inner-party functions or internal elections of any political party as the same is neither envisaged under the Constitution of India nor under any other law. Filing an affidavit in the AIADMK leadership issue, the poll panel said the bye-laws dated July 11, 2022… Continue reading "AIADMK row: EC tells SC that it does not regulate inner-party functions"
Former bureaucrat Arun Goel on Monday assumed charge of his new responsibility as an Election Commissioner. The poll panel said Mr Goel assumed charge this morning. A 1985-batch IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, Mr Goel took voluntary retirement on November 18. He was on Saturday appointed as an Election Commissioner. He was to retire on December 31, 2022 after… Continue reading "Arun Goel takes charge as Election Commissioner"
The Election Commission on Tuesday ordered the delisting of another 86 ‘non-existent’ registered unrecognised political parties, raising the number of such organisations red flagged by the poll body for failing to comply with electoral rules to 537. In a statement, the EC said “immediate corrective measures” were required to be taken in the larger public interest as well as for… Continue reading "Election Commission delists 86 ‘non-existent’ registered unrecognised political parties"
