Amid criticism from Congress on the amendment made in the Conduct of Election Rules, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday categorically said candidates already have access to all the documents and papers, and nothing has been amended in the rules in this regard.
The CEC held a detailed and comprehensive review of the poll preparedness in the city.
AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday, wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar summarising the assurances the poll body gave to the party on Tuesday during a visit of its delegation in response to its allegation of deletion of voters in the national capital.
A team of the Aam Aadmi Party led by party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI), and put evidence before the poll panel, alleging that a mass voter deletion conspiracy was underway ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls.
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said there was no discrepancy found between VVPAT slip count and EVM control unit count in the recently concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls.
“Approximately, 200 complaints have been filed by various political parties and candidates at the level of ECI and across states. Of these, action has been taken in 169 cases,” the poll panel said in a communiqué on Tuesday.
Trinamul Congress senior leader and minister Shashi Panja addressing the Media, said, “Our national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and our MPs are there in Jalpaiguri to meet the victims of the cyclone.
A slew of directions have been issued to the Central Observers.
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today came down heavily on the Election Commission of India for not giving permission to the state government to reconstruct the houses that got razed to the ground in Jalpaiguri due to a recent nor’wester.
In an effort to increase voter turnout across the northeastern states, the Election Commission has launched various initiatives tailored to the local traditions and culture of the region.
