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Sanjay Raut backs Mamata Banerjee, calls election process “questionable”

Sanjay Raut backs Mamata Banerjee, calls election process “questionable”

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Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday openly backed  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee`s criticism of the Election Commission`s role and BJP “looting” the democratic process saying her concerns about the polls deserved attention, as per ANI. He said Banerjee’s remarks about rigging and voter deletions were “true” and questioned the role of the Election Commission. Raut stated, “The Election Commission is the villain, and the villain won the election… She (TMC chief) says that 100 Assembly seats were rigged; this is true.” “It is also true that the names of lakhs of people were deleted. All these things that Mamata Banerjee said are true,” Raut added, reported the agency. Raut supports Mamata Banerjee’s decision to not resign Banerjee had earlier rejected demands for resignation after the BJP secured a large majority in West Bengal, winning 207 seats while the Trinamool Congress was reduced to 80. She insisted she did not accept the result as a moral defeat and refused to step down or go to Raj Bhavan. She also labelled the Chief …

Amartya Sen raise concerns over West Bengal SIR| India News

Amartya Sen raise concerns over West Bengal SIR| India News

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Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Saturday expressed concerns about the Special Intensive Revision Process in West Bengal, warning that the exercise is being conducted with “undue haste.” Sen also said that this may jeopardise the democratic process, particularly with the assembly elections close by. Drawing from his own experiences during the SIR in Bengal, Amartya Sen said that a pressure of time was evident in the process. (PTI File Photo) The 92-year-old economist was speaking in an interview with PTI during an interview in Boston. While he said that SIR can be a “good democratic process,” Sen also added that those conditions are “missing” in Bengal’s case. “A thorough review of electoral rolls done carefully with adequate time can be a good democratic procedure, but this is not what is happening in West Bengal at this time,” Sen was quoted as saying. SIR being done in a hurry Sen asserted that SIR is being conducted in a hurry in West Bengal, with insufficient time given for people to submit documents. He said people are not …

US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities | World News

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The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month’s election and rerun votes if needed. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Reuters) Donald Lu, the top US diplomat for South Asia, told lawmakers that the United States had “serious concerns” about the conduct of the February 8 election and ongoing disruptions of media and social media, including a prolonged shutdown of X, formerly known as Twitter. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. “The Election Commission of Pakistan, should it find that these irregularities are substantiated, should rerun elections where there’s been interference,” Lu told a sometimes raucous hearing of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. “We have enjoyed 76 years of partnership with this country. It will be an impediment to our relationship if Pakistan does not have a democratic process that upholds its own constitution,” Lu said. Lu said the United States was not considering any major new military sales to Pakistan, a Cold War ally whose army and intelligence …