कांग्रेस ने रिमोट इलेक्ट्रॉनिक वोटिंग मशीन के प्रस्ताव के विरुद्ध मोर्चा खोला कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता दिग्विजय सिंह ने रविवार को कहा कि अधिकांश विपक्षी दलों ने रिमोट इलेक्ट्रॉनिक वोटिंग मशीन (आरवीएम) पर चुनाव आयोग के प्रस्ताव का विरोध करने का फैसला किया है क्योंकि यह "अधूरा" है और "ठोस" नहीं है। उन्होंने यह टिप्पणी कांग्रेस द्वारा आयोजित विपक्षी दलों की एक बैठक के बाद की,
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कांग्रेस ने रिमोट इलेक्ट्रॉनिक वोटिंग मशीन के प्रस्ताव के विरुद्ध मोर्चा खोला
EC Postpones Elections to 11 UP MLCs Seats amid Lockdown
(Lucknow,UP) EC Postpones Elections to 11 UP MLC Seats amid Lockdown
These seats will fall vacant in May in view of the ongoing lockdown
The EC, however, did not give a date for holding the elections in its order issued on Friday.
“The tenure of 5 MLCs from
graduates’ constituency and
6 MLCs from teachers’ constituency
is coming to an end on May 6. Hence, elections should be held on these seats,” Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh Ajay Kumar Shukla said in a statement.
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has 100 seats. At present, it has a strength of 99, while one seat is vacant.
The lockdown, which came into force on March 25, was imposed by the Centre to control the spread of coronavirus in the country.
62.59 % Voter Turnout in Delhi Election: Poll Officials
(New Delhi) 62.59 % Voter Turnout in Delhi Election: Poll Officials
The final voter turnout in the Delhi polls was 62.59 % senior officials said on Sunday.
Elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly were held on Saturday.
In the 2015 Assembly polls, Delhi had recorded a voter turnout of 67.47 %
Exit polls on Saturday predicted an easy win for the Aam Aadmi Party, which sought to retain power on development plank, against the BJP that ran an aggressive campaign centred around the issues of anti-CAA protests and nationalism.
AAP Has Been asking Final Figoures of Turnout
EVMs ‘Absolutely Safe’ in Strongrooms: EC
[New Delhi]EVMs ‘Absolutely Safe’ in Strongrooms: EC
The Election Commission Tuesday dismissed allegations that the voting machines used in the elections were being switched with fresh ones ahead of counting of votes on May 23.
Referring to the allegations and complaints, the commission said it would like to “emphatically and unambiguously” clarify that all such reports and allegations are “absolutely false and factually incorrect.”
The visuals on TV and social media “do not pertain to any EVMs used during the polls”
In a statement, the EC said, after the close of polls, all polled EVMs and VVPATs are brought under security cover to designated strongrooms, which are sealed with double locks in the presence of candidates and observers of the commission.
The entire process of storage and sealing of the strongroom is videoed.
EC Orders 26 Lakh Bottles of Indelible Ink @ Rs 33 Cr for LS Polls
[New Delhi] EC Orders 26 Lakh Bottles of Indelible Ink @ Rs 33 Cr for LS Polls
Election Commission of India has ordered 26 lakh indelible ink bottles worth Rs 33 crore.
The seven-phase election will begin on April 11 and conclude on May 19.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the poll panel had bought 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less than this year.
Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd, a government of Karnataka undertaking, is the only authorised manufacturer of indelible ink for the EC.
This order is higher than the last general elections by 4.5 lakh phials. In this election, nearly 90 crore people are eligible to case their votes for which the EC will set up nearly 10 lakh polling stations across the country.
In 1962, the Election Commission, in collaboration with the Law Ministry, National Physical Laboratory and National Research Development Corporation, had made an agreement with Mysore Paints for supply of indelible ink for Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
Since then, it has been supplying the ink for elections in India.
A bottle of indelible ink contains 10 cubic centimetres (cc). As per modern measurement methods, one cubic centimetre is equivalent to one millilitre.
Mysore Paints exports indelible ink to more than 30 countries across the globe.
Soon after the note ban, the company was asked to provide indelible ink to banks to mark customers exchanging defunct currency notes to check suspicious deposits.
Grappling with unending queues and frayed tempers in banks and to check operation of syndicates after the note ban, the government had introduced the system of marking customers exchanging defunct currency notes with indelible
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227 Micro Observers Deputed for Shahkot Bypoll
[Chd,Pb]227 Micro Observers Deputed for Shahkot Bypoll
The Election Commission (EC) has appointed 227 micro observers for the May 28 Shahkot assembly bypoll in Punjab,
As per reports,
283 presiding officers,
1,133 polling officers,
19 counting micro observers,
17 counting supervisors and
17 assistant counting supervisors have also been deputed in the constituency.
Besides this,
32 class-four employees have also been appointed for the election process
Nearly 4,000 officers and employees and a total of 307 teams have been deputed in the constituency
The Shahkot bypoll was necessitated after the death of SAD MLA Ajit Singh
Tripura’s 59 Constituencies Machined 74% Votes
Tripura’s 59 Constituencies Machined 74% Votes
Polling was held today for General Elections to Legislative Assembly of Tripura.
The day passed off peacefully in 59 Constituencies out of 60 Constituencies of the State.
Poll of one of the Constituency i.e. 19- Charilam (ST) AC will be held on 12th March, 2018 owing to death of one candidate.
74% voter turnout was reported till 04:00 PM today. The percentage is likely tpo go up further as more data comes in.
VVPAT was used in Tripura for the first time Out of 3174 Polling 72% polling stations were covered with webcast.
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RBI Says No To EC’s Plea for Raising Cash-Withdrawal Limit for Contestants
[New Delhi]RBI Rejects EC’s Plea for Raising Cash-Withdrawal Limit for Candidates.At present Candidate can withdraw Rs 96K Whereas Expenditure limit is Rs 20-28 Lakh
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rejected the request of the Election Commission to enhance the weekly cash-withdrawal limit, imposed after demonetisation, for those contesting Assembly elections in five states, prompting an angry reaction from the poll panel.
The Commission had on Wednesday requested RBI to enhance the withdrawal limit of candidates to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 24,000 per week imposed post demonetisation as the nominees would find it difficult to meet their campaign expenditure.
But RBI said that it was not possible for it to hike the limit at this stage.
An apparently peeved Commission has now written back to RBI Governor Urjit Patel expressing “serious concern about the cursory manner in which the issue has been dealt with”.
The EC said the facility be extended till March 11, the day of counting. Candidates are bound to open an election account for meeting poll-related expenditure which is monitored by the EC.
The Commission said that with a weekly withdrawal limit of Rs 24,000, a candidate would be able to withdraw Rs 96,000 in cash during the election process which lasts three to four weeks.
It reminded the central bank that as per law, candidates contesting Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab can spend Rs 28 lakh each for electioneering.
The limit in Goa and Manipur is Rs 20 lakh each. The poll panel said despite paying amounts through cheques, candidates still need hard cash for petty expenses. Also the issue is further adversely effected in rural areas where banking facilities are negligible.
Akali’s Top Brass”Badal”Asks Pak to Refrain from Burning Punjabs,Into War
[Middukhera,Punjab]Akali’s Top Brass “Badal”Asks Pak to Refrain from Pushing India Into War
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked Pakistan to refrain from pushing India to war, He said in such an event East and West Punjab on either side of the international border will suffer the most.
“Punjab on both sides of the border will have to bear the brunt in case a war takes place between India and Pakistan,” he told media persons on the sidelines of a sangat darshan programme in the Lambi Assembly segment.
The Pakistani government must understand and should try to defuse tensions at the earliest, Badal said.Replying to a query related to the Indus Waters Treaty, he said the Indian government was “competent and wise enough” to take an appropriate call on the issue.
Badal said India’s “mature and visionary leadership
is capable of taking decisions to safeguard the interests and the unity and integrity of the country”.
Asked about the emergence of new political fronts ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, he said, “The new platforms will have no affect on the state polity.”
Badal also rubbished Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh’s remark that there was a possibility of rigging electronic voting machines during the elections next year.
EVMs are handled and managed by the Election Commission of India and there is not even the remotest possibility of tempering with them, he said.
Cong MP’Shadi’Raises “Ink”Episode In RS & Seeks CBI Probe In Haryana Poll
[New Delhi]Cong MP ‘Shadi’ Raises Ink Episode In RS And Seeks CBI probe In Haryana Poll
Congress member Shadi Lal Batra today demanded that the election be countermanded and a CBI inquiry launched to ascertain the facts..He alleged that Conspiracy was hatched since both the pens were supplied officially.
The manner in which the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana was held sounded like a “death knell for democracy”,
alleging that both BJP and INLD had jointly conspired to win the elections through “underhand means”.
Batra Alleged the pen provided by election officials had been changed and votes were cancelled on the ground that the ink was different,” Batra raised this issue during the Zero Hour.
At this point, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the issue was before the Election Commission”I don’t think this type of allegation is correct.
He Added This type of sweeping allegation will not be accepted,”
Deputy Chairman P J Kurien also asked Batra not to level any allegations.
Batra further said “Congress members voted for the party-supported independent candidate, but due to this conspiracy, an independent candidate supported by the BJP was declared elected to Rajya Sabha from Haryana on the ground that there was difference of ink on the ballot papers.”
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