SUPREME COURT RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER EC’S SPECIAL VOTER LIST REVISION IN BIHAR
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said there was logic and practicality involved in the Election Commission’s move to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar but questioned the timing of the exercise, coming months ahead of Assembly elections. Hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the EC’s decision, the top court said, “What […]
NATIONWIDE STRIKE, BIHAR BANDH, AND RISING DISSENT: INDIA BLOC UNITES AGAINST ANTI-LABOUR LAWS AND VOTER ROLL REVISION
New Delhi- A storm of dissent swept across India on Wednesday as trade unions, workers’ organizations, and opposition parties under the INDIA alliance staged coordinated nationwide protests against the Modi government’s contentious labour policies and the ongoing electoral roll revision, particularly in Bihar. The culmination of these protests—marked by a successful Bihar Bandh—has drawn significant […]
PLEA IN SC FOR REGULAR SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVISION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS BEFORE EVERY ELECTION
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Union and State governments to conduct Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls at regular intervals, particularly before Parliamentary, State Assembly, and Local Body Elections. The plea also […]
SC MAY QUESTION EC ON SPECIAL BIHAR VOTER REVISION ON JULY 10
NEW DELHI: The controversial mega revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar has sparked a political storm, placing the BJP-JDU-led NDA alliance on the defensive just 2 months ahead of the crucial state assembly elections process. At the center of the controversy is Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, whose abrupt and one-sided decision to initiate […]
UDDHAV- RAJ THACKERAY REUNITE SENDING NEW SIGNAL OF POLITICAL REFIX
NEW DELHI: The much-anticipated reunion of Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray—scions of the Shiv Sena’s founding family—has set Maharashtra’s political landscape abuzz, raising both hope and apprehension. On Saturday in Mumbai the unification of both factions of old shivsena have sent strong symbolic ripples across the state, the Congress party’s conspicuous absence from the event […]
CONG: MODI GOVT UNDERMINES FOREST RIGHTS ACT
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday raised concerns over the environment ministry’s role in weakening the Forest Rights Act, 2006 quoting the ministry’s response to a recent letter addressed to Narendra Modi by over 100 civil society activists and organisations, which termed allegations of “subverting the Forest Rights Act” (FRA) as a “gross misunderstanding of […]
BIHAR FIRST : IS EC’S VOTER ROLL DRIVE A TRIAL RUN AGAINST MAMATA ?
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has sparked a fierce national political storm. While officially presented as a routine exercise to cleanse and update the voter list, many in the opposition view it as a calculated political manoeuvre—possibly a dry run to challenge West Bengal Chief […]
EC TO DISENFRANCHISE 2 CR VOTERS IN BIHAR
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the INDIA bloc led by the Congress had a meeting of over three hours with the Election Commission on Wednesday, protesting at a new rule incorporated to require the birth certificates of the voters or else they are not allowed to vote in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar in […]
SC SETS SHIV SENA’S SYMBOL HEARING ON JULY 14
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned urgency in plea over Shiv Sena’s symbol of ‘bow and arrow’ by the Udhav Thackeray group, but set the hearing on July 14. The symbol is allotted to the Eknath Shinde faction. The Thackeray group sought the hearing in view of the forthcoming local body elections in […]
Tensions Simmer Between RSS and Modi-Shah Duo as BJP Names New State Chiefs
New Delhi: A fresh bout of friction appears to be intensifying within the Sangh Parivar, as top leadership of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reportedly expressed displeasure with the Modi-Shah duo over the selection process of new state BJP presidents. The discord has surfaced at a particularly sensitive juncture, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
