Polling will begin on 27 March. Assam will have a three-phase and West Bengal an 8-phase election. Other states to have single phase polls, Election Commission announced.
The scheme has been challenged on the ground that it legalises anonymous funding of political parties. But Centre says it’s meant to eradicate black money.
BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay also seeks directions that candidates who participate in such an invalidated election be barred from contesting a second time.
Joint Chief Electoral Officer of Manipur Ramananda Nongmeikapam said the polling booth for Champu Khangpok village on Loktak Lake was approved after a detailed inquiry.
For Indians stoically used to multiple phases of polling — three in just the ongoing Bihar assembly election – the spectre of delay in the world’s oldest democracy seems baffling.
As many as 33 of the constituencies going to polls in the first phase have been declared as sensitive or hypersensitive constituencies, the poll panel said.
Election Commission has allowed rallies to be held but under strict Covid protocols, none of which are being followed by political parties campaigning for Bihar polls.
Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra tells ThePrint One Nation One Poll is a ‘desirable idea’, but political consensus for it is crucial since it would require constitutional amendments.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
It is a pre planned game where the election commission is fully cooperating with the BJP by conducting 5 phase election in West Bengal and 3 phase in Assam . Remember Jharkhand had only 81 seats and the election was conducted in 5 phases while in Maharashtra where they had 288 seats the elections were conducted on a single day. The election commission gives the BJP ample time to buy votes and advertise it’s devilish agenda.
It is a pre planned game where the election commission is fully cooperating with the BJP by conducting 5 phase election in West Bengal and 3 phase in Assam . Remember Jharkhand had only 81 seats and the election was conducted in 5 phases while in Maharashtra where they had 288 seats the elections were conducted on a single day. The election commission gives the BJP ample time to buy votes and advertise it’s devilish agenda.