By-polls in Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh rescheduled to Nov 20
The adjustment in by-poll dates aims to ensure higher participation and smoother conduct of the polls across the three states, the ECI said.
The adjustment in by-poll dates aims to ensure higher participation and smoother conduct of the polls across the three states, the ECI said.
The development comes days after the Congress wrote a letter to the poll body, accusing Shukla of clear bias against opposition leaders.
Issuing notice to the Central government and the poll panel, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice J B Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra tagged the petition along with already pending matters on the same issue.
In the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, voting for 57 constituencies spread across eight States and Union Territories (UTs) was held on Saturday.
The poll panel has brought to the notice of political parties the existing legal provisions that govern the regulatory framework against the use of misinformation and impersonation using deep fakes.
Pawar on February 13 moved the Supreme Court challenging the February 6 Election Commission decision of recognizing the breakaway faction of the party led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
This time, there are as many as 2,290 contestants in the fray which includes Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, his Minister-son K.T. Rama Rao, State Congress President A Revanth Reddy and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind.
Long queues were seen outside the polling stations in towns and rural parts of Telangana since early this morning
Besides Rijiju, party president Jagat Prakash Nadda appointed Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton and party’s national secretary Anil Antony as election co-in charge for the northeastern state.
Chief Justice Chandrachud observed “All kinds of promises are made before elections and we cannot control this.”
