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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at a press conference in Lucknow.

UP bypolls: EC orders suspension of policemen violating guidelines

New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Acting on complaints, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered suspension of police personnel violating its guidelines on checking of voters and stopping them from casting votes in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, officials said. This comes after SP president Akhilesh Yadav urged the EC to suspend all police officers who are

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and his family members show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes during the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Nagpur, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Photo: PTI)

EC should check irregularities in inclusion of names in voters’ list: Gadkari

Mumbai, Nov 20 (PTI) Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to address issues in the voter enrolment process, citing irregularities in the inclusion of names in the voters’ list. The Maharashtra assembly polls were underway from 7 am on Wednesday. Gadkari cast his vote in Nagpur city

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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar

Congress raising smoke of generic doubt: EC to party on Haryana poll irregularities allegation

New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI)The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected allegations levelled by the Congress over irregularities in the just-held Haryana assembly polls, saying the party was raising “the smoke of a generic doubt” about the credibility of an entire electoral outcome like it did in the past. “This is least expected of a national

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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal

EC must clarify on questions raised by Congress about EVMs: Sibal

New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday said the Election Commission must clarify on the questions raised by the Congress about EVMs in the recently-concluded Haryana Assembly polls. Sibal asserted he is of the opinion that misuse of EVMs does take place in the elections. The Congress had on Friday

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