Addressing a press conference in Patna, Kumar also said that the footfall at all '90,000 polling booths' will be restricted to 1200 voters each to reduce overcrowding.
If Rahul Gandhi's charges against ECI seem too strident today, they still pale in front of Lalu Prasad's fulminations against TN Seshan, for whom Bihar was the ultimate challenge.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar came under sharp attack at joint press conference of opposition parties including AAP, which has exited INDIA bloc.
If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.
Without naming Gandhi, Chief Election Commissioner says words like ‘vote chori’ are an insult to the Constitution, and voters are ‘being targeted by placing gun on EC’s shoulders’.
The hoo-ha about the Election Commission, about electoral rolls, and about EVMs suggests that irksome comic relief remains a part of the loud debates of our robust democracy.
In a viral video, a group is seen hitting Nurul Huda with shoes & shouting slogans. Taking note of the incident, the interim govt urged its citizens ‘not to take the law into their own hands again’.
The 1989 batch IAS officer has held several administrative posts & is said to enjoy Modi’s trust. New EC appointments come even as SC yet to hear pleas against revised appointment process.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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