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  • Akhilesh Yadav despatched a respond to the Election Fee, made a flurry of allegations… the query used to be at the allegations of disturbances within the voter listing

    Lucknow: Samajwadi Birthday party President and Chief of Opposition Akhilesh Yadav has answered to the letter written by means of the Election Fee of India. He has justified his allegations in a letter despatched to the fee. If truth be told, Akhilesh Yadav had claimed to have got rid of the title of the electorate from the listing after the defeat within the 2022 UP elections. He mentioned that as a technique, the title of Samajwadi Birthday party electorate used to be claimed to be got rid of from the voter listing. Now his answer has been despatched by means of the Samajwadi Birthday party President. It mentioned that there used to be an error within the vote listing. On behalf of the fee, a answer used to be sought with proof on those allegations.

    On behalf of the Samajwadi Birthday party, President Akhilesh Yadav has despatched his answer by means of writing a six-page letter to the Election Fee. Within the mail despatched to the Election Fee, Akhilesh Yadav has reiterated the allegations. With the proof, the Samajwadi Birthday party despatched its respond to the Election Fee. Within the answer letter, Akhilesh Yadav has as soon as once more accused of irregularities within the voter listing. Within the six-page mail to the Election Fee, the birthday party has additionally been accused of now not taking any motion when the problem of voter listing discrepancy used to be raised on the time of elections.

    Samajwadi Birthday party leader spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary mentioned that the Nationwide President and previous CM Akhilesh Yadav has spoke back the questions of the Election Fee. He mentioned that within the meeting elections 2022, names of a lot of pro-SP electorate had been wrongly minimize. That is clarified within the letter. Paperwork in conjunction with evidence of the names of the supporters whose names had been minimize had been made to be had. Photocopies of proceedings made to Leader Electoral Officer and Leader Election Commissioner in Lucknow and compilation of media experiences have additionally been despatched thru mail.

    The SP President has mentioned in his letter that knowledge used to be gained from activists, supporters, electorate and media experiences from more than a few districts about depriving electorate of vote casting rights. On this regard, an inquiry used to be demanded on the birthday party degree. However, no investigation used to be performed. Now he has demanded to incorporate the consultant of SP within the investigation of this topic. The SP president used to be requested by means of the Election Fee to report his answer at the allegations. Now the reaction of the Election Fee is awaited after the answer of the SP President.

  • Gujarat polls 2022: AAP seems to provide sleepless nights to the BJP and the Congress

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    An afternoon after the Election Fee of India (ECI) introduced the Gujarat Meeting election dates, political actions have began selecting up tempo within the State.

    The ECI has introduced that elections for the 182 meeting seats in Gujarat shall be held in two stages on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes shall be taken up on December 8.

    Shut at the heels of the announcement of dates for the meeting polls, the Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal introduced a former TV journalist, Isudan Gadhvi, an OBC, because the CM face of his birthday party. Gadhvi was once selected via public opinion by which 73 p.c supported him to be the CM face. Gadhvi is the nationwide basic secretary of AAP.

    Kejriwal has asserted that AAP will without a doubt win the Gujarat meeting elections. AAP has already launched the listing of 118 applicants for the polls. The birthday party is poised to play a the most important position within the polls giving sleepless nights to each the BJP and the Congress.

    In the meantime, disenchanted reportedly over now not being made AAP’s leader ministerial candidate, former legislature Indranil Rajguru on Friday hand over the birthday party and joined Congress. He alleged that the Kejriwal-led birthday party has been functioning as a “B-team” of the BJP within the state.

    Additionally on Friday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired a gathering of the birthday party’s central election committee (CEC) throughout which a number of applicants for the Gujarat polls have been finalised. Due to this fact, the birthday party launched the primary listing of 43 applicants. The Congress has fielded former Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadiya from Porbandar, Himanshu Patel from Gandhinagar South and Hiteshbhai Vora from Rajkot South. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi joined the assembly on-line, whilst the remainder of the individuals attended it bodily on the AICC headquarters in Delhi.

    For the BJP, Union House Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a gathering of best Gujarat BJP leaders, together with Leader Minister Bhupendra Patel, to planned at the attainable applicants for the polls.

    The BJP has been ruling the state since 1995. Despite the fact that the birthday party has an anti-incumbency issue running towards it, the absence of a forged, united opposition can also be counted as one of the crucial benefits for the saffron birthday party. A document on the other hand issues out that the BJP’s seat tally has been declining in every election since 2002. The Deccan Bring in stories that BJP’s seat tally has step by step come right down to 99 in 2017 from 127 seats in 2002. In 2007, the birthday party gained 117 seats whilst in 2012 it gained 116 seats. Between 1962 and 1985, Gujarat remained with the Congress.

    (With inputs from PTI)

    An afternoon after the Election Fee of India (ECI) introduced the Gujarat Meeting election dates, political actions have began selecting up tempo within the State.

    The ECI has introduced that elections for the 182 meeting seats in Gujarat shall be held in two stages on December 1 and 5. The counting of votes shall be taken up on December 8.

    Shut at the heels of the announcement of dates for the meeting polls, the Aam Aadmi Birthday party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal introduced a former TV journalist, Isudan Gadhvi, an OBC, because the CM face of his birthday party. Gadhvi was once selected via public opinion by which 73 p.c supported him to be the CM face. Gadhvi is the nationwide basic secretary of AAP.

    Kejriwal has asserted that AAP will without a doubt win the Gujarat meeting elections. AAP has already launched the listing of 118 applicants for the polls. The birthday party is poised to play a the most important position within the polls giving sleepless nights to each the BJP and the Congress.

    In the meantime, disenchanted reportedly over now not being made AAP’s leader ministerial candidate, former legislature Indranil Rajguru on Friday hand over the birthday party and joined Congress. He alleged that the Kejriwal-led birthday party has been functioning as a “B-team” of the BJP within the state.

    Additionally on Friday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired a gathering of the birthday party’s central election committee (CEC) throughout which a number of applicants for the Gujarat polls have been finalised. Due to this fact, the birthday party launched the primary listing of 43 applicants. The Congress has fielded former Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadiya from Porbandar, Himanshu Patel from Gandhinagar South and Hiteshbhai Vora from Rajkot South. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi joined the assembly on-line, whilst the remainder of the individuals attended it bodily on the AICC headquarters in Delhi.

    For the BJP, Union House Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a gathering of best Gujarat BJP leaders, together with Leader Minister Bhupendra Patel, to planned at the attainable applicants for the polls.

    The BJP has been ruling the state since 1995. Despite the fact that the birthday party has an anti-incumbency issue running towards it, the absence of a forged, united opposition can also be counted as one of the crucial benefits for the saffron birthday party. A document on the other hand issues out that the BJP’s seat tally has been declining in every election since 2002. The Deccan Bring in stories that BJP’s seat tally has step by step come right down to 99 in 2017 from 127 seats in 2002. In 2007, the birthday party gained 117 seats whilst in 2012 it gained 116 seats. Between 1962 and 1985, Gujarat remained with the Congress.

    (With inputs from PTI)

  • Very best Courtroom: It is ‘anti-democratic’ to de-register political events for distributing freebies

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    CHENNAI: The Very best Courtroom on Thursday described as ‘anti-democratic’ to seem into the side of de-registering political events for distributing freebies.

    “I do not need to glance into the side of de-registration. That is an anti-democratic factor. We’re a democracy finally,” the Leader Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana mentioned.

    The court docket used to be coping with a plea in search of instructions to the Election Fee of India not to allow political events to vow freebies all the way through election campaigns.

    “Query is, now to what extent we will be able to intrude or move into the problem? The reason being there may be ECI, which is an unbiased frame and the political events are there. Everyone seems to be there. It is the knowledge of all the ones other folks. It is undoubtedly a subject of shock & monetary self-discipline needs to be there however in a rustic like India the place poverty is there we will be able to’t forget about that factor,” CJI used to be quoted as pronouncing by way of the Reside Regulation.

    ALSO READ | AAP opposes PIL in opposition to freebies in SC, says petitioner furthering political schedule

    The ECI previous declined to be a part of a panel mooted by way of the SC to inspect regulatory measures on freebies introduced by way of political events forward of elections.

    The ECI identified that within the judgment in Subramaniam Balaji vs State of Tamil Nadu (2013) 9 SCC 659, the Very best Courtroom had held that guarantees made by way of political events in election manifesto can’t be construed as a “corrupt follow” underneath the Illustration of Peoples Act 195. The ballot panel additional mentioned that as consistent with the course within the Subramaniam Balaji case, it has framed pointers within the Style Code of Behavior requiring the political events to provide an explanation for the explanation for the guarantees made and the tactics and way to finance them.

    On July 26 the court docket termed freebies a “severe factor” and requested the Centre to take a transparent stand on it.

    CHENNAI: The Very best Courtroom on Thursday described as ‘anti-democratic’ to seem into the side of de-registering political events for distributing freebies.

    “I do not need to glance into the side of de-registration. That is an anti-democratic factor. We’re a democracy finally,” the Leader Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana mentioned.

    The court docket used to be coping with a plea in search of instructions to the Election Fee of India not to allow political events to vow freebies all the way through election campaigns.

    “Query is, now to what extent we will be able to intrude or move into the problem? The reason being there may be ECI, which is an unbiased frame and the political events are there. Everyone seems to be there. It is the knowledge of all the ones other folks. It is undoubtedly a subject of shock & monetary self-discipline needs to be there however in a rustic like India the place poverty is there we will be able to’t forget about that factor,” CJI used to be quoted as pronouncing by way of the Reside Regulation.

    ALSO READ | AAP opposes PIL in opposition to freebies in SC, says petitioner furthering political schedule

    The ECI previous declined to be a part of a panel mooted by way of the SC to inspect regulatory measures on freebies introduced by way of political events forward of elections.

    The ECI identified that within the judgment in Subramaniam Balaji vs State of Tamil Nadu (2013) 9 SCC 659, the Very best Courtroom had held that guarantees made by way of political events in election manifesto can’t be construed as a “corrupt follow” underneath the Illustration of Peoples Act 195. The ballot panel additional mentioned that as consistent with the course within the Subramaniam Balaji case, it has framed pointers within the Style Code of Behavior requiring the political events to provide an explanation for the explanation for the guarantees made and the tactics and way to finance them.

    On July 26 the court docket termed freebies a “severe factor” and requested the Centre to take a transparent stand on it.

  • All above 17 years of age can practice for voter ID playing cards prematurely: EC

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    NEW DELHI: In a primary, the Election Fee of India (ECI) on Thursday introduced that the ones above the age of 17 years can now practice prematurely to get enrolled within the citizens’ record and no longer wait till the balloting age of 18 years.

    “Above 17-year-old children can now practice prematurely for having their names enrolled within the Citizens record and no longer essentially need to look forward to the pre-requisite criterion of achieving the age of 18 years on 1st January of a yr,” stated a commentary issued by means of the EC.

    The Fee led by means of Leader Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has directed the executive electoral officials and electoral registration officials of all states to figure out tech-enabled answers to allow the early life to report their advance programs relating to 3 next qualifying dates – April 1, July 1 and October 1, and no longer simply January 1.

    The transfer used to be taken because the electoral roll used to be simplest up to date on January 1, which intended that a lot of younger individuals who finished 18 years needed to look ahead to the specific abstract revision of the next yr for enrollment and weren’t in a position to take part in elections held within the intervening duration.

    This may spice up EC’s efforts to enrol new younger citizens who flip 18 in a yr, for which an modification used to be lately made to permit quarterly registration of citizens.

    Once you have registered, the younger voter could be issued an Electoral Photograph Id Card (EPIC).

    For the present spherical of annual revision of the electoral roll, 2023, any citizen reaching the age of 18 years by means of April 1, July 1 and October 1 of 2023 too can post an advance software for registration as a voter from the date of draft newsletter of electoral roll, it stated.

    The Fee has already controlled to induct 1,736,181 new citizens between 18-19. Final yr, 14,526,678 (14.5 million) new citizens had been added to the record, officers stated.

    The Fee has additionally made the registration bureaucracy extra user-friendly and more uncomplicated. The newly changed bureaucracy will come into drive on August 1.

    The fee has additionally begun linking Aadhaar numbers with Electoral Roll information. 

    “A brand new Shape-6B has additionally been presented for amassing Aadhaar choice of current electors. On the other hand, no software for inclusion of brand in electoral roll will probably be denied, and no entries in electoral roll will probably be deleted for the lack of a person to furnish or intimate Aadhaar Quantity,” the commentary added. 

    On the other hand, it added that “furnishing of Aadhaar quantity is only voluntary.” 

    NEW DELHI: In a primary, the Election Fee of India (ECI) on Thursday introduced that the ones above the age of 17 years can now practice prematurely to get enrolled within the citizens’ record and no longer wait till the balloting age of 18 years.

    “Above 17-year-old children can now practice prematurely for having their names enrolled within the Citizens record and no longer essentially need to look forward to the pre-requisite criterion of achieving the age of 18 years on 1st January of a yr,” stated a commentary issued by means of the EC.

    The Fee led by means of Leader Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey has directed the executive electoral officials and electoral registration officials of all states to figure out tech-enabled answers to allow the early life to report their advance programs relating to 3 next qualifying dates – April 1, July 1 and October 1, and no longer simply January 1.

    The transfer used to be taken because the electoral roll used to be simplest up to date on January 1, which intended that a lot of younger individuals who finished 18 years needed to look ahead to the specific abstract revision of the next yr for enrollment and weren’t in a position to take part in elections held within the intervening duration.

    This may spice up EC’s efforts to enrol new younger citizens who flip 18 in a yr, for which an modification used to be lately made to permit quarterly registration of citizens.

    Once you have registered, the younger voter could be issued an Electoral Photograph Id Card (EPIC).

    For the present spherical of annual revision of the electoral roll, 2023, any citizen reaching the age of 18 years by means of April 1, July 1 and October 1 of 2023 too can post an advance software for registration as a voter from the date of draft newsletter of electoral roll, it stated.

    The Fee has already controlled to induct 1,736,181 new citizens between 18-19. Final yr, 14,526,678 (14.5 million) new citizens had been added to the record, officers stated.

    The Fee has additionally made the registration bureaucracy extra user-friendly and more uncomplicated. The newly changed bureaucracy will come into drive on August 1.

    The fee has additionally begun linking Aadhaar numbers with Electoral Roll information. 

    “A brand new Shape-6B has additionally been presented for amassing Aadhaar choice of current electors. On the other hand, no software for inclusion of brand in electoral roll will probably be denied, and no entries in electoral roll will probably be deleted for the lack of a person to furnish or intimate Aadhaar Quantity,” the commentary added. 

    On the other hand, it added that “furnishing of Aadhaar quantity is only voluntary.” 

  • Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi writes to ECI, calls for polling be postponed

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab Leader Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has recommended the Election Fee of India to delay the February 14 meeting polls by means of six days in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti.

    Balloting for Punjab’s 117 meeting seats might be hung on February 14 and the counting of votes will happen on March 10.

    In a letter to Leader Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, Channi wrote that it used to be delivered to his understand by means of some representatives of the Scheduled Castes neighborhood, which contributes round 32 according to cent of the state’s inhabitants, that the beginning anniversary of Guru Ravidas falls on February 16.

    “In this instance, numerous SC devotees (about 20 lakh) from the state are prone to seek advice from Banaras in Uttar Pradesh from February 10 to 16,” Channi wrote.

    “In this kind of scenario, many of us from this neighborhood would now not have the ability to solid their votes for the state meeting, which is another way their constitutional proper,” he said within the letter written on January 13.

    “They have got asked that the balloting date could also be prolonged in this kind of manner that they can seek advice from Banaras from February 10 to February 16 as additionally take part within the meeting elections,” he stated.

    Channi stated, “It is thought of as honest and suitable that the balloting for Punjab meeting elections 2022, could also be postponed for a minimum of six days, enabling about 20 lakh other folks to utilise their proper to vote for the state legislative meeting.”

    Previous, Bahujan Samaj Birthday celebration’s Punjab leader Jasvir Singh Garhi had demanded from the ECI to reschedule polls from February 14 to February 20.