A day before First INDIA meet after media expose of Election Commission, Congress Working Committee sets the tone
New Delhi, 29 September—Seeking to set the tone of the INDIA block meeting tomorrow after a media expose of the Election Commission, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today accused the Narendra Modi government of weakening democratic institutions and alleged irregularities in electoral rolls, demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra […]
Congress mounts pressure on CEC Kumar to step down as CJP vows countrywide protests from October 2
New Delhi, October 28—Even as the Congress today held nationwide protest pressing for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign, CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka also mounted further pressure by renewing organisation’s call for his stepping down, citing its allegations over the removal of around 13 crore names from electoral rolls. Accusing Kumar of having “defrauded” 13 […]
If not EC then who ordered nationwide SIR? Shah or Shehanshah?: asks Congress
New Delhi, 26 September—Questioning who was behind the countrywide rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral Congress, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera today contended asking whether it was “Shehanshah or Amit Shah”. Citing the Election Commission of India’s response to activist Anjali Bharadwaj’s Right to Information (RTI) application, Khera wrote […]
US tariff, Graham Act are part of Washington’s ‘Sustained Coercion, says CEA Nageswaran
New Delhi, 25 September— In a rare expression of an independent stand away from till date a servile behaviour against the Trump Administration, India’s Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran today described the United States’ trade restrictions, tariffs and the Graham Act as part of a broader pattern of “sustained coercion” aimed at pushing countries […]
Anger against CEC Gyanesh Kumar grows as demand for his stepping down mounts
New Delhi, 25 September—Even as popular anger over Election Commission’s misdeed grows, the battle over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has moved from Election Commission files to the streets of Delhi, with Jantar Mantar heavily barricaded on Friday as activists, students and political leaders made an valiant attempt to protest against Chief […]
Rahul Gandhi demands Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation advising him to turn ‘approver’
New Delhi, 24 September—Calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha today advised the country’s top Election Commissioner to turn approver in the country interest while reiterating his earlier claims of “vote-chori”. Addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandh said: “Election Commission has lost control of […]
CJP issues 48 hours ultimatum to CEC Gyanesh Kumar to resign
New Delhi, 24 September— Pressure seems to be mounting on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar to resign after a news report claimed that two Election Commissioners formally raised objections to the functioning of the poll panel, with Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Founder Abhijeet Dipke’s 48-hour ultimatum to quit or face nationwide protests giving weight […]
BJP, RSS and EC….. have committed an act of treason’, Rahul Gandhi says after media expose on dissent within the electoral body
New Delhi, 23 September—Launching a scathing attack on country’s elecroral body, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi today not only renewed his “vote chori” charge against the BJP, RSS and Election Commission but went all out alleging that the manipulation of electoral rolls a direct attack on the Constitution while underlining that those who organised it […]
Opposition calls for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s arrest and impeachment
New Delhi, 23 September—In an unprecedented show of unity, the opposition today demanded the immediate removal of Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, with AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray calling for Kumar’s arrest. In an yet another attack on the CEC, Cockroach Janata Party Co-convenor Saurav Das stated that the right […]
Iconic Shastri Bhawan and Krishi Bhawan set for demolition, to be vacated by September 30
New Delhi, 22 September—Two iconic office complex in the Union Capital Shastri Bhawan and Krishi Bhawan are set for demolition to make way for the construction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project making way for new Common Central Secretariat buildings, Kartavya Bhawan 4 and 5. Demolition of the two buildings, part of the Prime […]
