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Kaliganj bypoll: Voting peaceful with 70% turnout, EC seeks report on ‘vulgar gesture’ made by BJP candidate
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Kaliganj bypoll: Voting peaceful with 70% turnout, EC seeks report on ‘vulgar gesture’ made by BJP candidate

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the presiding officer after taking cognisance of reports that the BJP candidate for Kaliganj Assembly seat, Ashish Ghosh, made a vulgar gesture after casting his vote in the by-election on Thursday.The EC has also sought the CCTV footage of the booth to verify what happened. Meanwhile, the voting progressed peacefully with a turnout of 69.85 per cent recorded till 5 pm. Story continues below this ad Controversy erupted after the BJP candidate showed his inked middle finger to mediapersons after casting vote at Annapurna Primary School in Debagram in Kaliganj Thursday morning. “After the election, the BJP has shown middle finger to the people. This is basically the original character of the BJP,” TMC spokespers...
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Rahul slams EC’s ‘unsigned’ rebuttal of his Maharashtra poll rigging charge—’show voter rolls’
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Rahul slams EC’s ‘unsigned’ rebuttal of his Maharashtra poll rigging charge—’show voter rolls’

New Delhi: Not for the first time, Rahul Gandhi clashed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday over his allegation of “industrial scale-rigging” during the Maharashtra assembly elections. The ECI indirectly clapped back at the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, reiterating that his charges were “absurd”, on the same day. In a social media post, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) retorted that responses to “serious questions” through “unsigned, evasive notes” were unbecoming for a constitutional body such as ECI. “Evasion won’t protect your credibility. Telling the truth will,” Rahul posted on X. Earlier in April this year, ECI sources termed similar claims made by Rahul in the United States—first, in his address before the Indian diaspora in Boston, and second, at Brown ...
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Rahul calls EC ‘compromised’ at an event in US, BJP hits back over repeated ‘anti-India’ remarks abroad
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Rahul calls EC ‘compromised’ at an event in US, BJP hits back over repeated ‘anti-India’ remarks abroad

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, called the Election Commission of India “compromised” at an event in the US Sunday, reiterating his allegations of irregularities in last year’s Maharashtra Assembly elections, in which the BJP secured a landslide victory. Rahul, who is on a three-day visit to the US, made the remarks at an event in Boston, drawing criticism from the ruling BJP, which accused the senior Congress MP of undermining Constitutional bodies by making “anti-India” statements on foreign soil. While a full recording of Rahul’s interaction at the event was not immediately available, a clip aired on television channels showed him commenting on the electoral process, where he could be heard alleging that there was “something very wrong with the system...
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Congress finds common ground with TMC, alleges voter list manipulation by BJP ‘in connivance’ with EC
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Congress finds common ground with TMC, alleges voter list manipulation by BJP ‘in connivance’ with EC

New Delhi: Amid strained relations between the two parties, the Congress Monday joined forces with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in alleging voter list manipulation under the watch of Election Commission of India (ECI), days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged duplication of voter card numbers. In a statement issued hours after the TMC held a press conference in Delhi to amplify Banerjee’s allegations, the Congress called the latest revelations “shocking”. The Congress’s Empowered Action Group of Leaders and Experts (EAGLE) said, “The cover is now blown. It is clear that the ruling BJP wins or attempts to win elections by manipulating voter lists in connivance with the Election Commission. Which is why the process of appointment of the Election Commissioners is so criti...
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