INDIA Bloc Parties Likely to Meet on September 30 to Discuss EC Related Concerns: Report
Opposition parties are preparing a joint response after reports that Election Commissioners raised 14 objections over the special roll revision, sources said.
- Opposition INDIA bloc parties are likely to meet on Wednesday, September 30, at the Constitution Club in New Delhi to discuss concerns regarding the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- The confrontation intensified following an Indian Express investigation reporting that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi formally recorded objections at least 14 times over 10 months regarding decisions concerning the SIR process.
- Congress workers staged protests across several states on Friday demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, with police firing tear gas in Manipur and detaining Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi.
- Opposition parties are preparing a motion seeking the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar in both Houses of Parliament, marking their third attempt to initiate such a move against the Chief Election Commissioner.
- BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi rejected the allegations, defending the SIR process as legally sound, while the Election Commission maintained that internal differences of opinion are a normal part of institutional deliberations.
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INDIA bloc meeting likely to be held in Delhi on September 30: Mamata amid SIR row
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INDIA Bloc To Meet Sept 30 Over EC, SIR Row; Move Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar Likely In Works
<p>Opposition parties of the INDIA bloc are expected to meet in New Delhi on September 30 to discuss concerns surrounding the Election Commission of India and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, sources said. The proposed meeting comes amid increased coordination among opposition parties following reports of differences within the three-member Election Commission over aspects of the SIR exercise. The parties are disc…
INDIA Bloc to Meet on September 30 Over Gyanesh Kumar, SIR Row
The INDIA bloc seems to have found another issue on which its disparate Opposition allies could find a common position - the row over Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.With the Opposition parties set to hold consultations in New Delhi on September 30, leaders of INDIA bloc parties have been reaching out to each o
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