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.
The Election Commission on Sunday gave permission to the Telangana government to hold its Cabinet meeting but with a rider that it can only discuss urgent matters and not issues like crop loan waiver and that of Hyderabad as common capital.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra gave a week’s time to the poll panel to file its reply and posted the matter for hearing on May 24, 2024.
The Election Commission on Tuesday said it disposed of 90 per cent of complaints filed by political parties over alleged violations of the model code of conduct, which came into effect following the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls on March 16.
Citing the poll panel’s letter to him, the Congress chief said, “The letter on one hand says Commission respects citizens' right to ask questions and on the other hand threatens citizens in the form of an advise to exercise caution.
According to the final figure of voting in the third phase, turnout of men was recorded at 66.89 per cent, while that of women at 64.41 per cent and third gender at 25.2 per cent.
