Datia (Madhya Pradesh), July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the schedule for the bye-election to the Datia Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, with July 13 fixed as the last date for filing nominations and polling scheduled for July 30. The bypoll has become necessary following the disqualification of sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti, whose Assembly seat fell vacant earlier this year.According to the notification issued by the Commission, scrutiny of…
Latest Representation of the People Act News & Updates
New Delhi/Vadodara, July 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued the official gazette notification for the by-election to Gujarat’s 145-Manjalpur Assembly constituency, formally commencing the election process to fill the vacancy created following the demise of sitting BJP MLA Yogesh Patel. According to the notification, the seat became vacant on June 2 following Patel’s death.Exercising its powers under Section 150(1) and Sections 30 and 56 of the Representation of the …
Patna, July 4 (IANS) Raju Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Sahebganj constituency in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court in connection with a fatal celebratory firing incident that occurred on New Year’s Eve in 2018. The court convicted Singh of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and offences under the Arms Act. However, it acquitted his wife, Renu Singh, and two co-accused, Rana Singh and Ramendra Sing…
Bengaluru, July 4 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP on Saturday submitted an official memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka, alleging serious procedural irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and demanding immediate intervention by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to safeguard the integrity of the voter verification process.The memorandum was submitted by Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra, senior MLA S. Suresh Kumar, and other …
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh to four years’ imprisonment after convicting him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of a woman during celebratory firing at a New Year’s Eve party in the national capital in 2018.The Rouse Avenue Court also sentenced Singh to two months’ imprisonment under the Arms Act and directed him to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the victim’s family. The court further order…
Bengaluru, July 3 (IANS) Referring to developments of distribution of Enumeration Forms at community centres instead of door-to-door exercise in the state, Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje on Friday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking urgent intervention over the alleged dilution of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka. In the letter, Karand…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence to be imposed on Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh, who was recently convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and violation of the Arms Act in connection with the death of a woman during celebratory firing at a New Year’s Eve party in the national capital in 2018. The Rouse Avenue Court said it would pronounce the sentence on Saturday after hearing submissions from both sides and considerin…
Bhopal, July 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the schedule for the Datia Assembly by-election, setting in motion the process to fill the vacant seat.According to the notification, the bypoll will formally be notified on July 6, with candidates permitted to file their nominations until July 13. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on July 14, while July 16 has been fixed as the last date for withdrawal of nominations.Polling will take place on July …
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday organised support marches across Gujarat in solidarity with Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava, days after he was sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment by a sessions court in Narmada district in connection with a 2023 case involving the alleged assault of forest department officials, obstruction of public servants and extortion. The latest demonstrations were part of a statewide campaign announced by AAP on June 24.Gujarat unit in…
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to exercise its Constitutional powers under Article 324 and immediately issue directions to the Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) to halt the separate revision exercise being undertaken in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) wards.The BJP delegation led by Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy submitted the compl…