New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the Trinamool Congress’ proposal to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, alleging serious irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. The reaction came after Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy announced that the party plans to initiate an impeachment motion against the CEC under Article 324 of the Constitution, which outlines the powers and f…
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi, on Wednesday said that the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) should only take place after thorough consultation with all stakeholders and communities, stressing that every section of society must be taken along before making such a significant legal change. Her remarks came a day after the Supreme Court strongly advocated the idea of “one nation, one law,” stating that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) could be the most …
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal administration to mandatorily complete the first phase of conducting the route marches and area domination exercises of the available Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel in all districts of the state by March 14. Already, a total of 480 companies of the CAPF have arrived in West Bengal in two separate batches. “The ECI had on Tuesday directed the state government to ensure that the first…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, halted her indefinite anti-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) sit-in protest in West Bengal at Esplanade in Kolkata, which started from the afternoon of February 6. Announcing the withdrawal of the sit-in protest on Tuesday evening, the Chief Minister said that since the Supreme Court’s judgment on the SIR had opened further room for justice, and following the request of the Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhish…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) will take the final decision on the number of phases in West Bengal Assembly polls, depending on the ground-level law and order preparedness in the state. “The ECI’s full bench reviewed the law and order situation in West Bengal for the last two days. All the stakeholders have assured the ECI that the polling will be peaceful, fright-free, and violence-free. The final d…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, on Tuesday morning broke out of his bureaucratic shell as he interacted with the monks of Belur Math in Belur in Howrah, which is the international headquarters of the Swami Vivekananda-founded Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.Kumar, on Tuesday morning, started his day early as he first went to Belur Math to have a feel of the pristine spiritually involved with the place. There he was seen interacting with the monks o…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, on Tuesday morning said that the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled to be held later this year, will be totally fair and violence-free.“I convey my greetings to all my brothers and sisters in West Bengal. I assure you that the Assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year will be fair and violence-free. The voters will be able to cast their votes without any kind of fear and pressure,” Kuma…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday cautioned district magistrates, superintendents of police and commissioners of different police commissionerates in West Bengal that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has the authority to initiate departmental proceedings against officers found guilty of dereliction of duty even after the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state are over.The CEC issued the warning during a separate meeting between the full …
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, advised the bureaucrats and police officers in the state not to succumb to pressure and disciplinary threats from the Election Commission of India (ECI) or the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. However, the Chief Minister did not name Kumar directly.”Those who are threatening the officers, I will tell them that they are living in a fool’s paradise. The people here will not bow their heads. He (Election …
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Representatives of different state and central agencies faced the ire of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a crucial meeting between the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) full bench and the nodal officers of different state and central agencies on the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this year.The ECI’s full bench, headed by the CEC, is currently on a two-day visit to West Bengal to review the progress of the judici…