All posts tagged: Election 2024

Hyderabad District Election Officer asked to probe allegations against KTR over poll code violation

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BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, has directed the GHMC Commissioner and District Election Officer, Hyderabad, to probe allegations that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao told mediapersons that he cast his vote for the party that had achieved Telangana State and urged voters to vote for the same party. According to the office of the CEO, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee senior vice-president and chairman of the Election Commission Coordination Committee G. Niranjan stated that Mr.Rama Rao had publicly disclosed his vote after casting it during the recently held Lok Sabha elections at the Nandi Hills polling station in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency within the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency. Mr. Niranjan said it had breached the model code of conduct and compromised the secrecy of the ballot. Source link

Stranded and unsafe: Women election staff face numerous challenges

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Women officials preparing a polling booth in Hyderabad, on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections, on Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI ‘Equality with a difference’ as a concept has travelled a long way, and governments are slowly adapting to women-friendly policies giving due concessions to their gender-defined roles. General elections, however, are still one area where gender blindness of governments becomes strikingly conspicuous. A number of women employees who were deployed on election duties in the just-concluded Parliamentary polls had a harrowing time due to gender-insensitive policies of the authorities. While facilities at the polling stations were not women friendly, what caused more agony was the situation at the distribution, reception and counting (DRC) centres where the election material was deposited. Most unsympathetic was how the women officers were dropped off on the roads post midnight with least concern paid to their safety and security. “It was 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday by the time I returned. The bus dropped me off at L.B. Nagar crossroads, from where my home was about 3 kilometres away. …

Voting Begins In 96 Seats In 9 States, Jammu And Kashmir

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Elections 2024 Phase 4 Voting: More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed. New Delhi: The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections begins today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories. A total of 1,717 candidates are in the fray in this phase.  Polling is being held in all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, all 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 13 in Uttar Pradesh, five in Bihar, four in Jharkhand, eight in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, four in Odisha, eight in West Bengal and one in Jammu and Kashmir. Voting is also taking place in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency and it is the first major election in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Voting is simultaneously be held in all 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh and 28 in Odisha in the fourth phase.  More than 19 lakh polling officials have been deployed at 1.92 lakh polling stations for the over 17.70 crore eligible voters in this round.  Prominent …

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 4: Polling In 9 States, Jammu And Kashmir Today: 10 Facts

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New Delhi: Voters from 96 constituencies across nine states and one Union Territories will choose representatives to Lok Sabha in the fourth phase of election today. Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will also pick their next government in simultaneous elections. Here are the Top 10 points in this big story: Ten states and Union Territories, including Andhra Pradesh (25), Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4), Madhya Pradesh (8), Maharashtra (11), Odisha (4), Telangana (17), Uttar Pradesh (13), West Bengal (8), and Jammu and Kashmir (1), are voting today. Forty-two of the 96 seats (44 per cent) are spread across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This phase will see the conclusion of polling in the southern states. Jammu and Kashmir will have its first election since 2019 today. Polling will be held for Srinagar constituency — one of the two Lok Sabha seats in the Union Territory. Polling for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat has been deferred to May 25 after objections from the BJP. This phase is dominated by the non-aligned parties like Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal and YS Jagan …

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE updates: Opposition INDIA leaders to meet Election Commission over voter turnout

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Voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes during the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, in Murshidabad on May 7. | Photo Credit: ANI Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc will meet the Election Commission today over their demand to promptly release the absolute voter turnout figures in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls after each phase, sources said. They will also raise the issue of alleged “use of religious symbols” by the BJP in their campaign. The sources said leaders from the INDIA bloc will meet the full bench of the ECI, submit a memorandum and also discuss the issues with the poll panel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a poll rally in Vemulawada in Telangana yesterday, said that the Congress party stopped talking about billionaires Ambani and Adani since the announcement of polls and said that they received “tempo loads of black money”. “Why did they stop criticising these big industrialists all of a sudden? What transpired behind the abrupt halt to the rhetoric? Is it because of black money …

Case booked against Amit Shah, Kishan Reddy for violating poll code

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Hyderabad MP candidate K. Madhavi Latha and others campaigning in Old City of Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G. The Moghalpura police of Hyderabad have booked cases against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Telangana BJP chief G. Kishan Reddy, Goshamahal MLA T. Raja Singh, BJP candidate for Hyderabad Lok Sabha Kompella Madhavi Latha and T. Yaman Singh from BJP-Hyderabad. The case was booked following a complaint stating that the Union Minister and others were seen with a few minor girls holding the BJP flag, violating the model code of conduct (MCC). The complaint was sent by TPCC senior vice-president G. Niranjan to the Election Commission Coordination Committee via an e-mail which was also sent to Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj.   “The Election Commission recently directed the political parties not to use the services of children and their participation in election-related propaganda or activities. Union Home Minister Amit Shah participated in an election rally from Ladarwaza to Sudha Talkies on May 1 in Hyderabad Lok Sabha Constituency in …

Supreme Court issues ‘Show Cause’ notice to Kalyan Chaubey over AIFF and IOA roles

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The Supreme Court has issued a ‘Show Cause’ notice to Kalyan Chaubey, prompting him to justify why he should not be relieved of his roles as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and joint secretary of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). This move comes amidst allegations of Chaubey’s alleged defiance of court orders and lack of cooperation in ongoing legal proceedings. The Hon’ble court, after careful consideration of the matter, has expressed dissatisfaction with Chaubey’s conduct, deeming it as a wilful defiance of court orders. Consequently, the court has warned of non-bailable warrants being issued against him if he fails to appear before the High Court as directed. The order was passed in response to a petition alleging Chaubey’s absence and lack of cooperation in an election petition filed by him in the Calcutta High Court. This latest development underscores the gravity of the situation, with the court emphasizing the importance of adherence to legal protocols and cooperation in judicial proceedings. Kalyan Chaubey was elected as the joint-secretary of Indian Olympic Association …

Richest Candidate In Phase 2 Has Rs 622 Crore, Poorest Has Just

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India Election 2024 Phase 2: Voting will take place across 13 states New Delhi: The voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will take place across 88 seats in 13 states and union territories on Friday. The votes will be cast in all 20 Lok Sabha seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, six seats in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, 89 constituencies were expected to vote in this phase. But polling in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul was rescheduled after the death of a candidate from the Bahujan Samaj Party. Betul will now vote in the third phase on May 7. In 2019, the ruling BJP-led NDA won 56 of these 89 seats, while the opposition UPA secured 24. Among the prominent contestants are Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP’s Tejasvi Surya, Hema Malini, and Arun …

Voting Across 13 States, UTs Today

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Elections 2024 Phase 2 Voting: A total of 1,210 candidates will contest the polls. Voting for 88 constituencies in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections will be held across 13 states and union territories today. Over 1,200 candidates, including 4 candidates from Outer Manipur, will contest the polls. All 20 seats in Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, 7 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 5 seats each in Assam and Bihar, 3 seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and 1 seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls tomorrow. The prominent contestants in the fray for the second phase are Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP’s Tejasvi Surya, Hema Malini and Arun Govil, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s brother DK Suresh and former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy. In 2019, the NDA had won 56 of the 89 seats and the UPA 24. Six of these seats have …

Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE updates:

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Polling has been completed for 10 States and union territories in this phase, including in Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep and all most north-eastern States. Prominent leaders such as Nitin Gadkari, Kanimozhi, Gaurav Gogoi and Bhupendra Yadav were among the contestants in this phase. Read the story here. Source link