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Rs 2 crore for Rs 17 crore: Kerala hands a 2006 bribe charge against the CEC to Vigilance
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has asked the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to examine a fresh complaint against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who was Kerala's PWD secretary in 2006. A former Kollam contractor alleges a Rs 2 crore demand to release Rs 17 crore in approved bills, and links it to a Malaysian engineer's suicide. The claims are unproven and Kumar has not responded.
'Where will the farmers go?': Supreme Court pushes back on indefinite protest at Ramlila Maidan
Hearing petitions from the October protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the Supreme Court said no group can hold a protest site indefinitely. Traders told the court that business had collapsed around Ramlila Maidan and sought a two-month ban. The court told them to implead the protest organisers, and listed the matters for November 23.
Voter list deadline moves to Nov 25 in Delhi, Nov 13 in Maharashtra after a nudge from the Supreme Court
A day after the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to consider giving more time, the EC extended the claims-and-objections window in six states and reopened it in five. Final rolls are now due November 30 in five states and December 22 in Delhi.
Rain pushes the 'impeachment' back by a day; the march to Ramlila Maidan stays on for November 1
The INDIA bloc's symbolic "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, set for Friday afternoon at Mallikarjun Kharge's Delhi residence, was moved to Saturday, October 31, after rain left the lawns muddy. Rahul Gandhi announced the shift at a joint press conference, saying senior leaders would be uncomfortable sitting in the rain. The Chalo Dilli march and the Ramlila Maidan rally on November 1 go ahead as planned.
64.5 lakh voters missing from Karnataka's rolls — and most of them are young
Around 64.5 lakh electors are potentially missing from Karnataka's final electoral rolls released after the Special Intensive Revision, according to an estimate based on an elector-to-population ratio of 66.11. Most of those missing are young voters. The Cockroach Janta Party has backed the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against the exercise.
SIR screened 10 crore voters and found 1,600 'foreigners'. Congress wants the CEC out
The Congress on Thursday called the Special Intensive Revision a conspiracy run by the PM and home minister, and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal. Jairam Ramesh said just 1,600 suspected foreign nationals were detected across six states after nearly 10 crore people were screened. The Election Commission has defended the exercise in a 248-page affidavit to the Supreme Court.
CEC 'public impeachment' moves to Kharge's lawn, with Meira Kumar in the chair
The INDIA bloc will hold its symbolic 'public impeachment' of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Friday at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's 10 Rajaji Marg residence, after being denied permission at the Ashok Hotel and Ramlila Maidan. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will preside, Kharge will move the motion and Rahul Gandhi will close.
All 403 Uttar Pradesh seats now under voter-roll audit as EC orders Form 6, 7, 8 scrutiny
The Election Commission has put under mandatory scrutiny every name added, deleted or amended in Uttar Pradesh's electoral rolls through Forms 6, 7 and 8 fed by computer assistants, across all 403 assembly constituencies, after the Special Intensive Revision ended on April 10. The order follows anomalies in districts including Pilibhit and Azamgarh. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has alleged the EC refused an RTI query on the SIR software.
CEC removal bid will follow due process, Birla says as farm outfits press Murmu
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said any impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will follow due process, as farm outfits wrote to President Droupadi Murmu demanding his resignation over the electoral roll revision.
NSUI burns Modi, Shah and CEC Gyanesh Kumar effigies in Delhi on Dussehra
The National Students' Union of India burnt a Ravan effigy carrying the masks of PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi on Tuesday. A similar protest was held in Lucknow over alleged electoral-roll irregularities.
Congress wants CEC out, CPI(M) marches at night, Arunachal BJP backs SIR
The SIR row widened as the Congress demanded CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation in Mumbai, the CPI(M) took out a night march in Kerala, and the BJP's Arunachal unit backed the revision. An audit flagged centralised control on the ECINet platform.
Dipke asks protesters to go home for Diwali, rejects France comparison
CJP founder Abhijit Dipke has asked protesters against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to return home for Diwali and said comparisons of the movement to the unrest in France are misplaced.
Congress CWC demands PM Modi and Amit Shah resign over 'vote chori', as Kharge prepares to meet PM
The Congress Working Committee demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah resign on moral grounds over the alleged 'vote chori' in the SIR of electoral rolls, and repeated its call for the CEC's resignation. AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge said he would raise the issue with the PM on October 21.
Torches and 'Azadi' chants: CPI(M) night march demands CEC's resignation
The CPI(M) in Kerala's Malappuram took out a night march on Monday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision, and expressed solidarity with the Jantar Mantar protests.