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BJP national vice-president condemns Congress’s allegations against ECI; calls upon party cadre to win all seats in ensuing local body polls
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says poll panel’s proposed measures amount to an admission that the electoral roll revision exercise has been a ‘disaster’; fails to address concerns about ECINet, Form 6 changes
The meeting is part of a campaign by the Congress against the ritual that was conducted by a few people in Haldwani after a rally addressed by party president Mallikarjun Kharge
Jairam Ramesh asks why key trust functionaries, including Champat Rai and Anil Mishra, have been made witnesses; Congress seeks Supreme Court-supervised inquiry
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asserted that CEC Gyanesh Kumar can still redeem himself by resigning and turning approver
The Congress leaders, including State Congress chief Ajay Rai and party workers demanding the resignation of the CEC, were stopped and later detained while trying to march towards the Uttar Pradesh Assembly
During the Question Hour, several Congress legislators stood up and trooped into the well of the house with banners and disrupted the proceedings
The separate rallies were organised by the Congress party and the Left-affiliated women’s rights group, All India Democratic Women’s Association
Last year, the Congress set in motion the Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan, a process of rewiring its district leadership across India. This year, Rahul Gandhi is undertaking a renewed push towards public engagement bordering on activism, even as district leadership is being freed of past hierarchies. Sandeep Phukan examines the social re-engineering of the grand old party and how it intends to build up to the 2029 Parliamentary election
The impending by-election is an opportunity for Congress to strengthen its organisational and political presence in Hyderabad, where the BRS has maintained a substantial electoral footprint
The Opposition party has also sought bail for its Nandigram candidate, Milan Pradhan, terming his arrest ‘selective targeting’
The Opposition party's assertion follows the resignation of former Bombay High Court judge Justice R.C. Chavan from the Maharashtra government's panel to prepare a draft for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), citing serious reservations about its decision to restrict public feedback on crucial social issues to a "Yes/No" format.
Delhi court had directed Magistrate to look into the complaint alleging that Sonia was added to the voters’ list before she became an Indian citizen
In a letter to Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam, the Opposition party raised objections to the ongoing SIR in the State, saying a large number of voters could face disenfranchisement and sought a two-month extension of the claims and objections period
The opposition party reiterated its demands for a forensic audit of the entire system, strict action against those responsible, and ensuring that the investigation is conducted with complete transparency in the matter
The BJP defeated the Congress in Alwar, Udaipur, Pali and Ajmer, while its candidates were elected unopposed in Bharatpur and Bhilwara; the only consolation for Congress came in Bikaner
At an event commemorating late constitutional expert A.G. Noorani, Hamid Ansari had referred to former PM’s view saying that ‘the real danger to India was not communism, but Hindu right-wing communalism’, citing Noorani’s book The RSS: A Menace to India