Bengaluru, May 24 (IANS) The Karnataka Congress is set to hold a crucial meeting on Sunday evening to deliberate on objections and concerns surrounding the SIR process, as the party is preparing both political and legal strategies over the issue. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. at a private resort located on the outskirts of Bengaluru. It will be led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and senior AICC leader Randeep Surjewala.According to party…
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Bengaluru, May 22 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Friday alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process to remove the votes of poor people and said Congress workers had been alerted to remain vigilant.Speaking to reporters near his residence in Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru, Shivakumar said awareness was being created among legislators and Booth Level Agents (BLAs) regarding the SIR process.“…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the reason for high voter turnout in the Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and the first phase of the polls in West Bengal, is the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission of India.Appreciating the polling percentage in both the states, the Union Minister said, “Going by the statistics, there has been unprecedented voting in Tamil Nadu and West Ben…
Nandigram, April 23 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, cast his vote during the first phase of the Assembly elections on Thursday, and stated that there is “no chance” that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will win this time. Adhikari is contesting the elections in both the Nandigram and Bhabanipur constituencies on the BJP ticket. CM Mamata Banerjee is also contesting the Bhabanipur seat — her long-standing bastion.Speaking to reporters after…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from West Bengal’s Kharagpur Assembly constituency, Dilip Ghosh, on Tuesday accused the Trinamool Congress of using intimidation and suppressing opposition forces to secure electoral victories, saying the party will gradually disappear from the ground.Addressing the upcoming Assembly elections, Ghosh said, “The TMC has always won elections by intimidating people and suppressing the opposition. They were trying to move forward in …
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the progress made in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, noting that a substantial number of objections have already been adjudicated and the remaining are likely to be decided by April 7.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant took on record communications received from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, indicating that more tha…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lambasted the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the latter’s decision to transfer bureaucrats and police officers in the state and also sending many of them on deputation as general and police observers in other poll-bound states almost daily since the model code of conduct came into force after the announcement of the polling dates for four states and one union territoryThe Chief Minister also accused the ECI …
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday announced that party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will sit on a dharna in Kolkata on March 6 to protest against the alleged deletion of names from the final voters’ list in West Bengal following the SIR process.Addressing a press conference, Banerjee said, “The BJP cannot win the Assembly polls. That is why it is using the Election Commission to influence the election results by de…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court on Friday directed deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound West Bengal. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipin Pancholi observed that a “trust deficit” between the West Bengal government and the Election Commissi…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her petition challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state, calling her move “dramatic” and alleging the state government’s actions were legally weak.“If Mamata Banerjee has so much faith in herself that she will win the case, then she should go. But what is the need to do drama like this? The more the government goes to the …