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After Sarma, EC should also bar PM Modi, Amit Shah from campaignin
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], April 3 (ANI): A day after Election Commission barred BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma from campaigning in the ongoing Assam assembly elections, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday said the EC should also ban Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Sh
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Foreign envoys agreed there were free and fair elections in J-K: S
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): There was a consensus among foreign envoys of 24 countries who are on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir that there were free and fair elections in the Union Territory, which is the biggest attestation to the empowerment of democracy, said Srinagar Mun
Read MoreIndia welcomes announcement of elections in Palestine, calls for f
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], January 26 (ANI): India on Tuesday welcomed the announcement of legislative, presidential and national council elections in Palestine that will be held later this year and also urged all parties to take necessary steps to ensure free and fair elections.
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West Bengal Governor asks CM Mamata Banerjee to empower voters, el
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 25 (ANI): On the 11th National Voters' Day, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to empower and inform voters, ensure their safety and eliminate an atmosphere of fear.
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Congress leader meets Bengal Governor, demands free and fair polls
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 18 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said the Opposition Leader in the Assembly and senior Congress legislator Abdul Mannan had met him to emphasise the need for free and fair elections.
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Party will accept Gilgit-Baltistan results if poll process is fair
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Faisalabad [Pakistan], November 14 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday said free and fair elections should be held, and only then will his party accept the outcome of the elections in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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EC has overlooked most suggestions in framing guidelines for elect
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Congress said on Friday that Election Commission's guidelines for the conduct of elections during COVID-19 "fall far short" for the conduct of free and fair elections.
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CPI opposes move of postal ballot for voters above 65 years
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) has opposed the move to provide postal ballot to voters above 65 years of age and said it will "jeoparadise the democratic process of free and fair elections".
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Maharashtra polls: Congress demands installation of network jammer
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 23 (ANI): Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Balasaheb Thorat has written a letter to the state Chief Electoral Officer suggesting measures for "free and fair elections" in the state including installation of network jammers in and around st
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Over 500 people protesting for free and fair poll detained in Mosc
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 27 (ANI): More than 500 people, including opposition figures and city council election candidates, were detained by police on Saturday at a protest in the heart of Moscow, demanding free and fair elections.
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We want free and fair elections, says TMC MP Derek O'Brien
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): We want free and fair elections, said Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday.
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Yechury speaks to CEC, alleges widespread rigging by TMC in West B
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday spoke to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora regarding alleged widespread rigging in the last phase of polling in West Bengal by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and asked why no efforts we
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