Karnataka Election 2023: BJP moves EC over Sonia Gandhi's 'sovereignty' remark
May 08, 2023 14:48 ISTKarnataka Election 2023: A BJP delegation led by Union minister Bhupender Yadav addressed a memorandum to the poll watchdog.
Karnataka Election 2023: A BJP delegation led by Union minister Bhupender Yadav addressed a memorandum to the poll watchdog.
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There are certain privileges and perks, such as reserved party symbols, more airtime on television and radio, etc associated with the national party status which is why every political party makes effort to get it.
The development comes when Mamata Banerjee is projecting her party as one of the biggest stakeholders for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been granted the status of a national party while NCP, TMC's status of being national parties has been recognised by the election commission.
Chief Election raised concerns over lower to average voter turnout in the urban area. He underlined EC's efforts to draw voters to polling booths.
Assembly poll in Karnataka will be held in a single phase on May 10 and the results are scheduled for May 13, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday.
CEC Rajiv Kumar informed that those who participated in the exercise included the TMC, BJP, CPI, CPI(M), NCP, Asom Gana Parishad, AIDUF, Bodoland People's Front, United People's Party Liberal, and three more registered parties, Assam Jatiya Parishad, Lok Raksha Party and Raijor Dal.
Lashing out at the Centre, Uddhav said, "Did our country attain independence by sprinkling cow urine? Did this happen that cow urine was sprinkled and we got freedom? This was not the case, freedom fighters sacrificed their lives then we got independence."
CEC, EC selection: SC's 5-judge bench says elections should undoubtedly be fair and buck stops with ECI to ensure its purity is maintained.
Tripura recorded an overall voter turnout of nearly 90 per cent while Meghalaya and Nagaland recorded 76 per cent and 84 per cent polling respectively.
Supreme Court on Uddhav Thackeray faction: “If the EC order is not stayed then they will take over the symbol and the bank accounts. Please list it tomorrow before the Constitution bench,” senior advocate Kapil Sibal submitted.
If this (the current scenario in Maharashtra) is not stopped, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections may turn out to be the last elections in the country as after that anarchy will start here, Uddhav Thackeray said after losing party symbol and name to Eknath Shinde's faction.
His critical remarks came nearly two days after the Election Commission (EC) recognised the Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered the allocation of the 'bow and arrow' poll symbol to it.
The Election Commission ordered that “Shiv Sena” name and “Bow & Arrow” symbol to be retained by the Shinde faction.
Uddhav Thackeray meeting: The meeting of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leaders, deputy leaders, elected representatives and spokespersons will be held at Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra in the afternoon, Thackeray's aide said.
While the term of the Nagaland assembly ends on March 12, the terms of Meghalaya and Tripura assemblies end on March 15 and March 22 respectively. The three state assemblies have a strength of 60 members each.
The EC, on December 29, said it developed a model of a remote electronic voting machine for domestic migrant voters to increase voter participation in the polling process.
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