ECI disqualifies five candidates of Punjab 2022 Assembly polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has disqualified five candidates, who contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has disqualified five candidates, who contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.
Political parties in UP have been waiting for the past four months to go for another test of their electoral prowess after the Lok Sabha polls that witnessed a major debacle for the ruling BJP.
The counting of votes will take place alongside the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly polls on 23rd November.
The petition contends that offering freebies in the run-up to elections unfairly sways voters and calls for such promises to be treated as bribes.
The Election Commission will announce the schedule for Assembly elections for Maharashtra and Jharkhand on Tuesday.
The poll panel said members from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), and media teams from Bhutan and Israel will also participate.
KCR was banned from electioneering by the ECI for 48 hours for his derogatory comments against Congress.
The poll panel has taken a serious view of parties and candidates seeking details of voters for their proposed beneficiary schemes as a "corrupt" practice of bribery.
Following the Supreme Court's order, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has come out with a new protocol for handling and storage of symbol loading units, the officials said on Wednesday.
Bharadwaj, while speaking to reporters later, rued that almost a month after filing the complaint, no action has been taken so far.