Amid rising tensions in Assam's Samaguri Assembly constituency ahead of this week's bypoll, the Election Commission (EC) has ordered the transfer of two senior police officers in response to recent violence in the area.
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly bye-elections in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday filed a complaint with Election Commission of India (ECI) against Union Minister and state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar over his alleged derogatory remark against state police.
Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Jharkhand government to remove Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Gupta with immediate effect.
The poll panel strictly directed to remain accessible to all parties, candidates and voters for timely redressal of their grievances and said any complaints in this regard shall be viewed seriously by it.
The Opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded the Election Commission to conduct by-polls at Vijaypur and Budhni in Madhya Pradesh through the ballot paper system.
The 8 seats where polling would be held in the first phase include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit.
Displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hours fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas, the public notice read.
“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.
