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'Every Vote Matters': Haryana BJP Launches Campaign To Send Migrant Voters Home For Bihar Polls
The Haryana unit of the BJP has launched a large-scale mobilisation drive to send lakhs of Bihari migrant workers back to their home state to cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections.
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Electoral Roll Revision In Bengal, Tamil Nadu But Not Assam? Election Commission Explains Why
Phase Two of the nationwide rollout of voter roll revision -- an exercise being undertaken after 21 years -- includes two states where assembly elections are due next year. But there is a third which is not included.
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BJP Mobilises Cadre To Ensure Migrant Voters Stay In Bihar Till Polling
With the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections scheduled on November 6 and 11, the BJP has launched a door-to-door campaign aimed at persuading migrant workers who return home for the Chhath Puja to remain in the state long enough to cast their votes.
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'Vote Chori' A Sham: BJP Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Bihar's Final Voter List
The BJP has launched a scathing attack on the Congress after the Election Commission published the final voter roll for Bihar following the Special Intensive Revision
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"Rahul Gandhi Confused...": '80-Member House' Owner Rebuts Vote Fraud Claim
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's claim about 80 people - all registered by the Election Commission as 'residents' of a 120 sq foot room in Bengaluru's Mahadevapura and allowed to vote in the April-May Lok Sabha election - has been denied by the owner.
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Mamata Banerjee's March In Rain Over 'Harassment' Of Bengali Migrants
With the Election Commission gearing up for a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that people whose names are not on the voters' list will be jailed
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"Finding Documents...": RJD's Manoj Jha On Row Over Bihar Poll Roll Revision
Bihar is preparing for the Assembly Elections this year, and the Election Commission has launched the Special Intensive Revision of the state's voter list, a move that has sparked a massive political row.
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Protest Outside Arvind Kejriwal's House: AAP, BJP Spar Over Purvanchali Voters
With an eye on Purvanchali votebank in Delhi, the ruling AAP and the Opposition BJP crossed swords over the honour and welfare of migrants from Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh as both parties claimed to be their true well-wisher.
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J&K Elections 2024: Special Polling Booths, Postal Ballots For Kashmiri Migrants
The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.
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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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Tripura Assembly Poll Remains "Largely Violence-Free": Election Body
The Election Commission on Thursday said the Tripura assembly polls remained "largely violence-free", with Bru migrant voters being able to exercise their franchise for the first time in many years.
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Remote Voting Machine Prototype Showcased To Political Parties
The Election Commission of India (ECI) today showcased the remote electronic voting machine prototype for migrant voters to representatives of political parties.
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Remote Voting An "Excellent Initiaitive", Says Former Election Body Chief
Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi described the decision of the Election Commission for remote electronic voting machine for domestic migrant voters as an "excellent initiative."
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Polls Body To Examine Possibilities Of Remote Voting On Pilot Basis
The Election Commission on Tuesday said that a committee will be set up to examine the issues of migrant voters, including exploring possibilities of remote voting after consultations with all stakeholders including political parties and electors.
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Elections 2019 - Crammed In Train Toilets, Delhi's Migrant Workers Head Home. All To Vote
The incurably foul toilet of a general class compartment of a train is hardly a suitable space to spend more than a few minutes on a regular day for most people. But for the next 15 hours, with the temperature hovering around 42 degrees Celsius, daily wage earner Nandkumar and his friend Rahul are travelling home to Bihar, squashed between the decr...
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'Every Vote Matters': Haryana BJP Launches Campaign To Send Migrant Voters Home For Bihar Polls
The Haryana unit of the BJP has launched a large-scale mobilisation drive to send lakhs of Bihari migrant workers back to their home state to cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections.
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Electoral Roll Revision In Bengal, Tamil Nadu But Not Assam? Election Commission Explains Why
Phase Two of the nationwide rollout of voter roll revision -- an exercise being undertaken after 21 years -- includes two states where assembly elections are due next year. But there is a third which is not included.
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BJP Mobilises Cadre To Ensure Migrant Voters Stay In Bihar Till Polling
With the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections scheduled on November 6 and 11, the BJP has launched a door-to-door campaign aimed at persuading migrant workers who return home for the Chhath Puja to remain in the state long enough to cast their votes.
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'Vote Chori' A Sham: BJP Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Bihar's Final Voter List
The BJP has launched a scathing attack on the Congress after the Election Commission published the final voter roll for Bihar following the Special Intensive Revision
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"Rahul Gandhi Confused...": '80-Member House' Owner Rebuts Vote Fraud Claim
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's claim about 80 people - all registered by the Election Commission as 'residents' of a 120 sq foot room in Bengaluru's Mahadevapura and allowed to vote in the April-May Lok Sabha election - has been denied by the owner.
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Mamata Banerjee's March In Rain Over 'Harassment' Of Bengali Migrants
With the Election Commission gearing up for a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that people whose names are not on the voters' list will be jailed
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"Finding Documents...": RJD's Manoj Jha On Row Over Bihar Poll Roll Revision
Bihar is preparing for the Assembly Elections this year, and the Election Commission has launched the Special Intensive Revision of the state's voter list, a move that has sparked a massive political row.
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Protest Outside Arvind Kejriwal's House: AAP, BJP Spar Over Purvanchali Voters
With an eye on Purvanchali votebank in Delhi, the ruling AAP and the Opposition BJP crossed swords over the honour and welfare of migrants from Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh as both parties claimed to be their true well-wisher.
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J&K Elections 2024: Special Polling Booths, Postal Ballots For Kashmiri Migrants
The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.
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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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Tripura Assembly Poll Remains "Largely Violence-Free": Election Body
The Election Commission on Thursday said the Tripura assembly polls remained "largely violence-free", with Bru migrant voters being able to exercise their franchise for the first time in many years.
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Remote Voting Machine Prototype Showcased To Political Parties
The Election Commission of India (ECI) today showcased the remote electronic voting machine prototype for migrant voters to representatives of political parties.
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Remote Voting An "Excellent Initiaitive", Says Former Election Body Chief
Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi described the decision of the Election Commission for remote electronic voting machine for domestic migrant voters as an "excellent initiative."
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Polls Body To Examine Possibilities Of Remote Voting On Pilot Basis
The Election Commission on Tuesday said that a committee will be set up to examine the issues of migrant voters, including exploring possibilities of remote voting after consultations with all stakeholders including political parties and electors.
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Elections 2019 - Crammed In Train Toilets, Delhi's Migrant Workers Head Home. All To Vote
The incurably foul toilet of a general class compartment of a train is hardly a suitable space to spend more than a few minutes on a regular day for most people. But for the next 15 hours, with the temperature hovering around 42 degrees Celsius, daily wage earner Nandkumar and his friend Rahul are travelling home to Bihar, squashed between the decr...
