New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday hailed the “united fight” against the Narendra Modi government, leading to the failure of “malicious” bills on delimitation in the Lok Sabha and urged the members of the INDIA bloc to strengthen the spirit and resolve to corner and confront the ruling dispensation on multiple pressing issues before the nation.Kharge, making his opening remarks at the INDIA bloc meet, sought to share a strategic blueprint for rebuilding the …
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Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will be used to create a permanent class of excluded Indians. He claimed that 6.5 crore names were deleted from the electoral rolls under SIR in 13 states and union territories.The Hyderabad MP took to ‘X’ to slam the Centre for the proposal to constitute a committee to study the exclusions and build a permanent system for the identification, detention, and dep…
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Monday took a step to strengthen the state’s election machinery ahead of the forthcoming legislative Assembly elections by approving an amendment to the service rules of the Election Department. The decision removes long-pending administrative bottlenecks, facilitates a smooth, hassle-free Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and paves the way to fill crucial vacancies to ensure adequate manpo…
Bhopal, May 30 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson Mithun Ahirwar on Saturday alleged serious irregularities in the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the state, claiming that two new voter ID cards were issued in his name despite the poll body’s claims of strict door-to-door verification. Addressing a press conference at the Congress office in Bhopal, Ahirwar questioned the credibility of the voter verification exercise conducted by the ECI….
Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has drawn Congress’ action plan to protect voters belonging to the vulnerable sections like Dalits, minorities, tribal and migrant workers from deletion in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), scheduled to begin in Telangana next month, government officials said on Friday. Participating in the Congress’ Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting at the Gandhi Bhavan, the Chief Minister warned that the SIR could emerge as a major …
Bhubaneswar, May 29 (IANS) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls will commence in Odisha from Saturday, with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) launching a door-to-door verification across the state from May 30 to distribute enumeration forms, assist residents in filling them out, and collect the completed forms. Speaking to media persons, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R.S. Gopalan said on Friday that the house-to-house verification process beginning from May 30 will be completed …
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and asserted that Opposition parties should stop using the process as a justification for their repeated electoral defeats. The reaction came after the apex court upheld the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to conduct the SIR exercise, ruling that the revision of electoral rolls falls within the constitutiona…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to undertake a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with advocates appearing in the matter saying the apex court had effectively endorsed the legality and fairness of the exercise while rejecting allegations levelled against the poll body.Speaking to IANS, Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay said, “The Supreme Court has dismissed all allegations made against the Special Inte…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls “exposed” that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Congress “stood” with the infiltrations. The Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission of India’s decision to undertake a SIR of electoral rolls, holding that the revision exercise was within the constitutional and statutory powers of the poll body and was aime…
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) president and Deputy Chief Minister, Sunetra Pawar, on Tuesday asked party ministers, legislators, and office-bearers to take the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) seriously and called for greater participation to ensure no eligible voters are excluded from the electoral rolls. She further directed that the Block Level Agents (BLAs) should cooperate with the Block Level Officers (BLOs) in all the 288 Assembly constituencies during …