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Maharashtra Congress calls Fadnavis’s response to Rahul Gandhi ‘laughable’, seeks narco test of chief electoral officer and his former deputy
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Maharashtra Congress calls Fadnavis’s response to Rahul Gandhi ‘laughable’, seeks narco test of chief electoral officer and his former deputy

Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal Sunday said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s counter to Rahul Gandhi’s claims of “matchfixing” in the 2024 Maharashtra elections was “superficial” and “laughable”. He also demanded a narco test on Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam and then-additional CEO Kiran Kulkarni.In an opinion piece for The Indian Express Saturday, Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, said the total electors in Maharashtra had increased more between the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections than between the 2019 and 2024 Assembly polls. He alleged that most of the additional electors were in 85 constituencies where the BJP had not done well in the Lok Sabha polls. In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition, which incl...
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Kaliganj Assembly Bypoll: Cell phone ban at polling stations; service voters can cast ballots electronically
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Kaliganj Assembly Bypoll: Cell phone ban at polling stations; service voters can cast ballots electronically

Ahead of the June 19 by-election to the 80-Kaliganj Assembly Constituency, the election authorities in Nadia district are in full swing with preparations, to ensure a smooth and fair polling process. The Election Commission has officially communicated the date and time for the counting of votes for the 80-Kaliganj by-election. In adherence to the latest directives from the EC, strict guidelines are being implemented for the polling day. “As per order no. 464/INST/2023/EPS (poll day management outside) dated May 23, 2025, and in accordance with Sections 25 and 130 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, no election booth will be permitted within a 100-meter radius from the entrance of any polling station. This rule applies even in locations with multiple polling stations, ensuring a ...
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‘Fake voters’: BJP asks Election Commission to remove dist admin from electoral process
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‘Fake voters’: BJP asks Election Commission to remove dist admin from electoral process

Ahead of next year’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, the BJP on Monday asked the Election Commission to immediately remove the district administration and civic volunteers from the electoral process, alleging that they have been involved in enrolling fake voters, including Bangladesh nationals, in the electoral rolls in exchange for money. Addressing mediapersons here, Leader of Opposition in Assembly and Nandigram MLA, Suvendu Adhikari, also demanded a CBI probe into the matter. Adhikari, who led a delegation of 40 BJP leaders to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office in Kolkata, alleged that Rohingyas were being added to the voter list in Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas district for a bribe of Rs 10,000 per name. “This is not an isolated incident in one district. Similar activities are...
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Bengal Assembly Bypoll: Kaliganj to vote on June 19; TMC, BJP gear for headwinds
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Bengal Assembly Bypoll: Kaliganj to vote on June 19; TMC, BJP gear for headwinds

With the Election Commission on Sunday announcing June 19 as the date for the by-election to the Kaliganj Assembly seat in Nadia district of West Bengal, the stage is set for a crucial electoral battle ahead of next year’s Assembly elections in the state. While the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) would be keen to continue its winning streak – it won all the six Assembly bypolls last year and even snatched Madirhat seat from the BJP – by retaining the seat, the opposition parties would be looking for a chink in the ruling party’s performance, which would give them a boost before the next year’s showdown. Kaliganj Assembly seat had fallen vacant in February this year after the incumbent TMC MLA, Nasiruddin Ahmed, 70, died. In the last Assembly elections in 2021, Ahmed, known as Lal in TMC ci...
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ECI suspends West Bengal official for ‘dereliction in discharge of duties’
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ECI suspends West Bengal official for ‘dereliction in discharge of duties’

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended Arun Gorain, assistant system manager of Kakdwip subdivision in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, for alleged gross misconduct after getting complaints from the district administration. Acting on the instructions of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the chief electoral officer of West Bengal placed Gorain under immediate suspension. He was found guilty of gross misconduct in the discharge of his official duties, with malafide intent, officials said. Gorain allegedly committed fraud and cheating by unauthorisedly inserting his mobile number into the login credentials of the assistant electoral registration officer (AERO) for Assembly Constituency 131 (Kakdwip). Using the OTP received on his mobile, he disposed of ap...
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Kerala CPIM in spot after ex-minister Sudhakaran’s ‘big reveal’—he tampered with LS postal votes in 1989
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Kerala CPIM in spot after ex-minister Sudhakaran’s ‘big reveal’—he tampered with LS postal votes in 1989

Thiruvananthapuram: The State Election Commission Kerala on Thursday launched a probe against Kerala Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and ex-minister G. Sudhakaran, a day after the leader admitted to tampering with postal ballots in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections. Speaking at an event, Sudhakaran Wednesday made claims of altering postal votes in the 1989 parliamentary polls. The ballots for opposition candidates were, he claimed, changed in favour of the then-CPIM candidate of Alappuzha, K.V. Devadas. Sudhakaran, at that time, was the secretary of the party’s election committee. However, Congress’s Vakkom Purushothaman, in 1989, defeated Devadas in Alappuzha though by a small margin of 25,123 votes. Show Full Article CPIM leader Sudhakaran, who hails ...
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Bengal: EC begins verification of unrecognised parties
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Bengal: EC begins verification of unrecognised parties

West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has ordered verification of addresses of political parties that are registered with the Commission but are unrecognised, ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. Sources in the Election Commission say there are eight recognised political parties and close to 70 registered, but unrecognised parties in the state.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Parties like Amra Bangali, Paradise Party, Bahujan Mukti Party, All India Labour Party, Bhumiputra Party, and Hindustan Shakti Sena are registered, but have not taken part in any election for a long time. The sources said that the office of CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal in a recent virtual meeting with the district election officers (DEOs) had asked them to carry out a field verification to ascertain the current status of such ...
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