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.
Sachdeva further said that his party would soon request the Election Commission to legally verify the sources of funds for candidates claiming to raise money through crowdfunding and present these details before the public prior to voting.
Supriya Shrinate is one of the prominent leaders of the Congress. She is also the chairperson of Congress' Social Media and Digital Platforms department as well as a member of the Congress Working Committee, the party's highest decision-making body.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi over the issues raised by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and asked to inquire into the matter.
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and North East Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari, on Thursday, accused Arvind Kejriwal of harboring hatred towards people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar residing in Delhi, callingthem 'fake voters' once again.
A total of 64.64 crore votes were polled in 2024 Lok Sabha elections as compared to 61.4 crore in the last general elections in 2019, as per the Election Commission (ECI).
