An attack on the integrity of the roll is an attack on the Constitution and the people. The EC is duty-bound to cooperate with the Opposition and the majority of Indians it represents.
The ECI needs to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations professionally and transparently. Else, it will end up giving him the ammunition he is desperately seeking.
Leaders of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi & Mallikarjun Kharge, and other MPs at the protest march were detained and taken to the Parliament Street Police Station on Monday.
Three state Chief Electoral Officers have asked Rahul Gandhi for formal oath on his claims. Lok Sabha LoP Thursday alleged ECI was colluding with BJP to ‘steal’ elections.
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.
On ECI’s response to his claims, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition said, ‘What I say to the people is my word. Take it as an oath. This is Election Commission data’.
RJD leader's response came after EC issued him a notice alleging he holds 2 Electoral Photo Identity Cards. A complaint has also been filed at Digha Police Station in Patna.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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