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EC rejects commissioner Lavasa’s demand to record dissent note by 2-1 vote

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EC rejects commissioner Lavasa’s demand to record dissent note by 2-1 vote A Commission official said the dissent notes and minority views would remain part of records of the poll panel LokSabha Elections 2019 : The Election Commission Tuesday rejected with a greater part vote decision magistrate Ashok Lavasa’s interest that contradict notes ought to be recorded in its requests on model code infringement, days after the stewing strain inside the survey body over the issue moved into the open. The ‘full commission’ of the board, including Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and two different individuals – Lavasa and Sushil Chandra-pondered on the antagonistic issue, after which the Commission said that contradict notes and minority perspectives would remain some portion of records yet would not be a piece of its request. “In the gathering of the Election Commission held today with respect to the issue of MCC (Model Code of Conduct), it was, entomb alia, chose that pro...

Oppn meet to discuss non-NDA alliance staking claim to form govt begins

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Oppn meet to discuss non-NDA alliance staking claim to form govt begins They will also move the Election Commission (EC) to press for their demand of tallying the paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with the electronic voting machine (EVM) figures LokSabha Elections 2019 : Top resistance pioneers met here on Tuesday, in front of the Lok Sabha survey results on May 23, to talk about the likelihood of a non-NDA partnership staking guarantee to government arrangement. They will likewise move the Election Commission (EC) to press for their interest of counting the paper trail of votes (VVPATs) with the electronic casting a ballot machine (EVM) figures. Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress, TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu, Satish Chandra Misra of the BSP, Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M), D Raja of the CPI, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Derek O’Brien of the TMC, Ramgopal Yadav of the SP, Kanimozhi of the DMK, Manoj Jha (...
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EC to hold review meeting before phase 7; West Bengal might be the focus The review meeting will be held via video conference and will be attended by poll officials and observers for constituencies going to polls on the 19th LokSabha Elections 2019 : The Election Commission will on Wednesday hold an audit meeting with eyewitnesses and state boss constituent officers for the last period of Lok Sabha surveys on May 19. The audit meeting which will be held by means of video gathering, comes multi day after BJP and Trinamool Congress specialists took on pitched conflicts in the city of Kolkata amid a huge street appear by the saffron party president Amit Shah. “Since nine out of 59 parliamentary voting public going for survey on May 19 are from West Bengal, it is regular that onlookers and survey authorities from the state will likewise take an interest,” an authority said. He, in any case, would not say whether the attention will be on West Bengal. While Trinamool Congr...

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala still sees an NDA government, but advises caution

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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala still sees an NDA government, but advises caution He was speaking on a day the stock market hit its highest ever levels Elections : Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, one of India’s greatest securities exchange financial specialists, instructed alert ahead with respect to Lok Sabha decisions even as he said that the decision government is probably going to returned to control. He was talking on multi day when the market hit new highs with barely a month to go before race results. He was a piece of a board exchange denoting the dispatch of the most recent participant in the common store industry – the Sun Pharmaceutical Industries copromoter Sudhir Valia-upheld ITI Mutual Fund. Others on the board were Ramesh Damani, part, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE); Nimesh Shah, Managing Director and CEO at ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company; and George Heber Joseph, CEO and boss venture officer at ITI Mutual Fund. Additionally READ: Lok Sabha decisions 2019: Phase 2 Voing ...

NaMo TV will have to follow pre-poll silence period as per election law: EC

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NaMo TV will have to follow pre-poll silence period as per election law: EC The directions were issued to the Delhi chief electoral officer as he is the nodal officer to pre-certify political content in TV channels and similar platforms which are beamed nationally Elections :  NaMo TV, supported by the BJP, can’t show ‘decision matter’ amid the quietness time frame endorsed in the constituent law in a specific period of the survey, the Election Commission has finished up. The EC has now solicited the boss appointive officer from Delhi to guarantee that its headings are followed in every one of the staying six periods of the progressing Lok Sabha decisions. The headings were issued to the Delhi CEO as he is the nodal officer to pre-confirm political substance in TV channels and comparable stages which are radiated broadly. He has additionally been given an advisory group explicitly for the reason, a source mindful of the advancement said. Segment 126 of the Represe...

EC bars Mayawati, Adityanath from poll campaigning after SC enquiry

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EC bars Mayawati, Adityanath from poll campaigning after SC enquiry The SC bench referred to submissions of the EC that they can issue notice, then advisory and finally lodge a complaint against an errant politician for violating the Model Code of Conduct Elections : The Election Commission (EC) on Monday restricted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati from race battling for 72 hours and 48 hours, separately, beginning from 6 am on Tuesday, for damaging the Model Code of Conduct by owning frightful expressions in their addresses, detailed news office ANI. The EC activity came after the Supreme Court observed the supposed despise addresses made by Mayawati and Yogi Adityanath amid battles and looked to know from the survey board about the activity started against them up until this point. The Election Commission “firmly censured” Adityanath and Mayawati for their collective comments. The two have additionally been “re...

Ban political ads in digital, print media 48 hours before elections: EC

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Ban political ads in digital, print media 48 hours before elections: EC The move comes ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, in which EC is bringing in new strategies to conduct fair polls So as to guarantee reasonable and fair decisions, The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday solicited Law Ministry from India to boycott a wide range of discretionary crusade and promotions 48 hours before casting a ballot begins, as indicated by media reports. To acquire the change, Section 126 of the Representation of People Act would need to be altered. The Act presently  bans  just electronic media from airing political commercials in the previously mentioned ‘quiet period’ amid races. “Incorporation of print media inside the ambit of segment 126(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 and issue of web based campaigning to advance or preference the appointive prospects of a gathering/competitor via web-based networking media amid the most recent 48 hours ...

Cyber expert says 2014 polls rigged, EVMs hacked; EC stands by its machines

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Cyber expert says 2014 polls rigged, EVMs hacked; EC stands by its machines BJP described this explosive allegation as a ‘hacking horror show organised’ by the Congress A self-proclaimed Cyber expert said in London on Monday Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio helped the BJP to fix the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) utilized in the 2014 Lok Sabha decisions yet gave no evidence to his claims. Syed Shuja, who wore a cover as he addressed Indian journalists through Skype, said he fled India in 2014 in light of the fact that he felt compromised after the executing of his colleagues. How were the EVMs hacked? Shuja, who said he is looking for political haven in the US, asserted the telecom monster Reliance Jio helped the  BJP  to get low-recurrence signs to hack the EVMs. He gave no evidence to back up his case. Be that as it may, Jio was not in activity in 2014 and had propelled its administrations in September 2016. Shuja, who made a shudder, likewise claimed th...