New Delhi, March 10 – Proceedings in the Rajya Sabha turned chaotic on Tuesday as opposition members staged a walkout amid heated exchanges over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, currently underway in several states by the Election Commission of India (ECI).Later, the...
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Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Tuesday that the primary aim of the election panel is to ensure that all voters in West Bengal participate in the upcoming assembly elections in an atmosphere free from violence and intimidation.Speaking at a press conference...
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New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers involved in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief...
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Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated on Tuesday that no eligible voter's name would be removed from the electoral rolls and that the Election Commission's priority is to ensure free, fair, and peaceful elections in West Bengal.Addressing a press conference in...
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Kolkata, March 10 – A heated exchange erupted between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Siliguri, North Bengal, on Monday night, hours before the BJP's Parivartan Yatra was scheduled to begin in the region on Tuesday.The argument took place between Siliguri...
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Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced protests from a group of people who raised "go back" slogans and showed black flags to him during his visit to the Dakshineswar Kali Temple near here on Tuesday morning.A similar protest over alleged arbitrary deletions in the...
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Kolkata, March 10 Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with senior officials and police officers in West Bengal on Tuesday to review preparedness for the upcoming assembly elections, officials said.The CEC will also hold a press conference amid...
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New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...
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New Delhi, March 9 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...
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Kolkata, March 9 Trinamool Congress All India General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged a “bigger conspiracy” by the BJP-led central government, claiming that bank accounts of voters whose names are deleted from the electoral rolls could be frozen in the future.Addressing party...
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Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of threatening state officials during a meeting with the administration and warned that "false bravado" by constitutional authorities was unacceptable, escalating the...
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Kolkata, March 9 Several political parties in West Bengal on Monday suggested that the upcoming assembly polls be held in one or two phases, as the Election Commission warned of strict action against any lapse in law and order and asserted zero tolerance towards poll-related violence.The...
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Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of threatening state officials during a meeting, and warned that "false bravado" by constitutional authorities was not acceptable.Her remarks came against the backdrop of the...
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Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of threatening state officials during a meeting, and warned that "false bravado" by constitutional authorities was unacceptable.Her remarks came against the backdrop of the...
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Kolkata, March 9 – Following the lead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, North Bengal Development Minister Udayan Guha began a hunger strike in Dinhata on Monday to protest what he described as the arbitrary removal of names from the electoral rolls of West Bengal following the Special Intensive...
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Kolkata, March 9 The CPI(M) on Monday demanded that the Election Commission hold the West Bengal assembly elections in a single phase.Following a meeting with the Election Commission full bench, the party's West Bengal state secretary Mohammed Salim said that multi-phase elections facilitate...
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Kolkata, March 9 The ruling TMC in West Bengal on Monday alleged that its concerns regarding the SIR exercise were not heard during the pre-poll consultation meeting with the full bench of the Election Commission.Speaking to reporters after the meeting, state minister Chandrima Bhattacharya...
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Kolkata, March 9 Representatives from various political parties in West Bengal met the full bench of the Election Commission on Monday, and several of them sought a maximum of two-phase polling for the upcoming assembly elections, a senior official said.Representatives from the TMC, BJP...
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Kolkata, March 9 – A delegation from the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday urged the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and Calcutta High Court senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee for...
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New Delhi, March 9 The Supreme Court agreed to consider on Tuesday a fresh plea filed by some individuals whose names have been deleted from the electoral rolls by the Election Commission during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya...
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