Delhi HC seeks Bansuri Swaraj's reply on Somnath Bharti's plea challenging her victory in elections
August 14, 2024 18:39 ISTJustice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj to file her reply within 30 days.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora asked BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj to file her reply within 30 days.
According to the petition, the SOP stated that a technical SOP would be issued separately for necessary compliance, but it has not been done so far, raising doubts over the suitability of the testing and verification process of EVMs.
Bansuri Swaraj who contested on a BJP ticket in New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency defeated Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bharti.
In the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance secured 43 out of the state's 80 Lok Sabha seats compared to the NDA's 36, down from 64 in the 2019 polls. The BJP also lost the much-talked Faizabad seat under which Ayodha falls.
FACT CHECK: A video claiming that Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami distributed money during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is going viral on social media. India TV's fact-check reveals that the claim is false and the video is from 2022.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen criticized the Indian government upon his arrival in Kolkata, emphasizing the need for political open-mindedness and secularism. Sen highlighted issues such as wrongful imprisonments, economic disparities, among others.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury lost to TMC candidate Yusuf Pathan in Baharampur constituency by around 85,022 votes, according to the Election Commission of India data. Adhir Chowdhury secured 4,39,494 votes while Yusuf Pathan secured 5,24,516 votes.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: According to the EC's Standard Operating Procedure, the cost submitted by manufacturers BEL and ECIL to carry out EVM "check and verification" is Rs 40,000 (plus 18 per cent GST) per set of EVM.
PM Modi visited ancient Nalanda University ruins in Bihar ahead of inaugurating the new Nalanda University campus in Rajgir. This was his first visit to state since Lok Sabha polls. Established around 1,600 years ago, the original Nalanda University is among world's first residential residential.
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In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had won only 33 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh and pushed the Samajwadi Party to the second position in the state by winning 37 seats from it.
It was alleged that the number of votes counted in Varanasi was more than the number of votes polled. In the fact check, it was found that the claim was false.
A post is going viral on social media with a claim that 110 Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in the Parliament in the Lok Sabha elections. However, the truth is something else.
The BJP failed to replicate its 2019 show and was restricted to 33 seats in Uttar Pradesh. The regional BJP headquarters has received a report listing out the reasons behind the party's drubbing in the state.
Rahul Gandhi won both Rae Bareli and Wayanad by a margin of 3,90,030 and 3,64,422 votes respectively. The Congress leader is yet to decide which seat he will represent as MP.
First session of Parliament Session: President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 27 and is likely to outline the new government's roadmap for the next five years.
The BJP -- which emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 with 240 seats -- fell short of achieving the full majority on its own. In such a scenario, it will be interesting to see who will be the Lok Sabha Speaker. Will it be from the saffron party or its allies?
Speaking on the recently concluded Lok Sabha election results, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said that negative politics has ended and the people's issues and concerns have triumphed.
The Congress party won election from both the Lok Sabha seats including Rae Bareli and Amethi. The two constituencies have remained a stronghold of the Grand Old Party for long, however, in 2019, BJP's Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi but in this election, Congress reclaimed the seat.
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