NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the the Election Commission of India (ECI), calling its claim of making “no distinction” between the ruling party and the opposition “laughable.”Congress party leader Jairam Ramesh sharing a post on X, accused the poll body of being “thoroughly exposed” for its “incompetence” and “blatant partisanship,”…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of “manipulating” poll body’s data to level charges of “vote chori” against the Commission.In a press conference, the CEC said that the Congress leader, in his presentation, wrongly analysed the EC’s data to claim that the elections were flawed.“When someone goes…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), referring to the party as “thieves,” while speaking at the launch of the Congress-led ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Sasaram. Yadav accused BJP of harming democracy by stealing people’s votes…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Sunday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, rejecting their allegations of vote theft and concerns related to SIR in Bihar as “misleading”.“Using words like vote chori to mislead people is a disrespect to the Constitution,” Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said.Addressing a…
PM Modi at inauguration of two major national highway projects in Delhi-NCR (Screen grab from X @narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing previous governments of undermining the spirit of the Constitution and perpetuating oppressive laws.While speaking at the inauguration of two major national highway…
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri calls on Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli during his two-day visit, in Kathmandu on Sunday. (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri started his two-day visit to Nepal on Sunday with a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Singha Durbar. The meeting was also attended…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday refuted the opposition’s allegations of hatching a conspiracy of “vote theft” through the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.In his first press conference amid the revision exercise, the CEC said the poll body has “no opponents and no supporters” and that every political…
Bihar gets boost: NHAI completes 6-lane Ganga Bridge on NH-31, reducing travel distance by 150 km The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) successfully completed the Aunta (Mokama) – Simaria (Begusarai) Bridge Project on National Highway-31. The 8.15 km long project, built at an estimated cost of Rs 1,871 crore, features a 6-lane extra-dosed bridge…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday launched the party’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar, a 16-day march covering more than 1,300 km across over 20 districts. The campaign, aimed at protesting against the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list and what the Congress calls “vote chori,” began from Sasaram…
File photo: Union minister Giriraj Singh, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Congress party’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ campaign has triggered sharp reactions from the BJP, with Union minister Giriraj Singh and party MP Praveen Khandelwal launching strong attacks on the Congress leadership.Speaking to news agency ANI,…