Gyanesh Kumar takes charge as Chief Election Commissioner
Gyanesh Kumar took over as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Wednesday and said the Election Commission of India was, is and will always be with the voters.
Gyanesh Kumar took over as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Wednesday and said the Election Commission of India was, is and will always be with the voters.
Congress MP KC Venugopal strongly criticized the appointment of the new Central Election Commissioner and said that the decision went against the spirit of the Constitution.
Kumar had joined ECI as Election Commissioner on September 1, 2020 and assumed charge as the 25th CEC of India on May 15, 2022.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday lifted the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) with immediate effect following the results of the Delhi legislative assembly polls and also the bye-elections in Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah defeated Siodia by a margin of 675 votes.
In the wake of allegations made by the Aam Aadmi Party, the Election Commission of India Tuesday said absorbing outbursts (from political leaders) with sagacity and stoically, the poll body will not be swayed by insinuations.
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday, banned exit polls for the Delhi assembly elections and one bypoll each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu from 7.00 am to 6.30 pm on the polling day on February 5.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra campaigned for AAP candidate Vishesh Ravi from the Karol Bagh Assembly constituency and expressed confidence in AAP's victory in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday issued a slew of directions to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi to ensure free, fair and inducement free elections.
The AAP chief reiterated that his comments were only intended to highlight the dangerous levels of ammonia in the raw water coming in the river from the neighbouring state.
