Despite Omicron threat, parties urge Election Commission to hold UP elections on schedule
India | December 29, 2021 13:15 ISTThe ECI is on a three-day visit to Lucknow to assess the ground situation.
The ECI is on a three-day visit to Lucknow to assess the ground situation.
In Uttarakhand and Goa about 100% eligible population has been inoculated with the first dose, while in UP 85% eligible population has been given the first dose.
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab will go to polls early next year. While the first four are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the last one has a Congress government.
The bill allows the electoral registration officers to ask for Aadhaar number from persons already included in the electoral roll for the purposes of authentication of entries in electoral roll.
The Election Commission of India could soon ask voters to link their Aadhaar number with Voter ID number.
The tenure of these Panchayat bodies had ended in March 2020 but elections were delayed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The five states where polling will be held early next include Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
Thirty-six candidates, including 15 candidates of the opposition CPI-M, four of Trinamool Congress (TMC), eight of Congress, two of the AIFB, and seven Independent candidates withdrew their nominations on Monday.
Amid apprehension of cheating during counting, RJD has sent top leaders in a rank of Tejashwi Yadav, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Jagadanand Singh and Shyam Rajak to monitor the developments at the counting centres in a bid to prevent "mischief" by the ruling JD(U).
These instructions were issued to check surge in COVID-19 cases when counting was to be held for assembly elections held in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Kerala earlier this year.
The Election Commission let off Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma with a warning for violating model code of conduct during electioneering for the October 30 assembly bypolls.
"The poll date for civic bodies in the state is scheduled to be held on November 25 from 7 am to 4 pm. Counting will be held on November 28," it was announced.
The counting of votes for by-elections in Bhabanipur, Jangipur, and Samserganj Assembly constituencies in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security.
The Election Commission has frozen the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) symbol amid a tussle between factions of Chirag Pawan and his uncle and Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras. Both the factions of LJP had claimed the election symbol 'Bangla' (House) in the Election Commission.
Earlier on Monday, Dilip Ghosh alleged that he was attacked and abused by TMC workers while campaigning for the Bhabanipur by-poll.
The Election Commission has announced bypoll elections for Bhabanipur assembly constituency in West Bengal.
The Bhabanipur assembly seat was vacated by the West Bengal agriculture minister and veteran TMC leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in May this year.
The High Court said that the Central Government should consider enacting the necessary legislation for the CBI to function as an autonomous body.
Stepping up its preparations for the assembly polls in five states due early next year, the Election Commission Wednesday reviewed advance planning with the chief electoral officers of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat has resigned from his post and met the state Governor late Friday night. The BJP has called a meeting of its MLAs at 3pm today in Dehradun.
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