Election Commission team meets all stakeholders in Telangana to assess situation
6 years, 4 months ago

Election Commission team meets all stakeholders in Telangana to assess situation

Live Mint  

Hyderabad: Districts in Telangana are preparing for the forthcoming assembly elections, said Umesh Sinha, deputy election commissioner, Election Commission of India on Wednesday. Sinha stated that a team of officials from the ECI that was sent to assess electoral preparedness in Telangana met with the police, senior government officials, political parties and other concerned departments. Earlier slated to be held in April-May 2019, assembly elections in Telangana have been advanced after chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao dissolved the state assembly on 6 September. Rao also set off a political storm on 6 September by announcing at a press conference that he met ECI officials and that elections would be held by November.

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Election Commission breaks silence on voter deletion controversy – Here’s what CEC Rajiv Kumar said
1 week, 2 days ago

Election Commission breaks silence on voter deletion controversy – Here’s what CEC Rajiv Kumar said

Live Mint  

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday broke silence on claims of voter name deletions from various constituencies and listed the steps taken when an electoral roll is being made. While addressing a press conference to announce the schedule of the Delhi Assembly elections, Rajiv Kumar said that certain kinds of concerns were raised while noting that it has been …

EC dismisses Congress’s objections, says no discrepancy in Maharashtra poll
3 weeks, 1 day ago

EC dismisses Congress’s objections, says no discrepancy in Maharashtra poll

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai:The Election Commission has once again rejected Congress’ allegations regarding irregularities in the recently concluded Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections. The Maharashtra Congress has alleged of arbitrary addition and deletion of voter names from the electoral rolls in Maharashtra, where Vidhan Sabha elections were held in November. In a letter to the Election Commission on November 29, the Maharashtra Congress claimed …

ECI meets Delhi CEO, officials to review poll preparedness
1 month ago

ECI meets Delhi CEO, officials to review poll preparedness

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India on Thursday held a meeting with the chief electoral officer of Delhi, district election officers, deputy commissioners of police, and other nodal officials to review the progress of the ongoing Special Summary Revision 2025 and poll preparedness for the forthcoming Delhi assembly elections. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal with Delhi chief minister Atishi and party …

Exercise to enroll new voters begins across Telangana
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Exercise to enroll new voters begins across Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Special Summary Revision of the electoral rolls has begun across the state. The Election Commission of India has set January 1, the qualifying date for the SSR of Photo Electoral Rolls. Telangana Chief Electoral Officer C Sudarshan Reddy said that eligible citizens and those who missed enrolling earlier, can apply for enrolment, objections, and corrections. Preparation of forms …

Telangana: Names of Many Voters Missing in Electoral Rolls
8 months ago

Telangana: Names of Many Voters Missing in Electoral Rolls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Several people across the state found themselves in an unusual position, when they went to vote only to find that their names were missing in the electoral rolls. This is incredibly frustrating, and I feel like my voice isn't being heard.” Zafar Khan discovered upon arrival at a voting booth in the Secunderabad Assembly segment that his name was …

Lok Sabha polls | Plea in Madras High Court to conduct special polling in Coimbatore for voters whose names were missing from list
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Plea in Madras High Court to conduct special polling in Coimbatore for voters whose names were missing from list

The Hindu  

A resident of Coimbatore has approached Madras High Court seeking a direction to Election Commission of India to conduct special polling arrangements for those whose names had been deleted from the electoral list and to not declare the Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency results until this polling takes place. In an affidavit filed through his counsel M. Mathan Raj, the petitioner said, …

Voters question ECI’s unilateral name deletions in Tamil Nadu
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Voters question ECI’s unilateral name deletions in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

‘Staff never visited voters’ residence for verification’ According to official data, 6.02 lakh voters were removed from rolls from January 2022 to January 2023, and 6.43 lakh were removed between January 2023 and January 2024. Despite throwing ECI guidelines to the winds, officials deployed on electoral roll revision, including IAS officers, often escape accountability mainly due to an absence of …

Election Commission removes 5.41 lakh voters in Hyderabad from electoral rolls
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Election Commission removes 5.41 lakh voters in Hyderabad from electoral rolls

India TV News  

Hyderabad Lok Sabha election 2024: A total of 5.41 lakh voters, including those who are dead, shifted and duplicate, have been deleted by the Election Commission from the electoral rolls in the Hyderabad district covering 15 Assembly constituencies. Since January 2023, in Hyderabad district’s 15 Assembly constituencies, a total of 47,141 dead voters, 4,39,801 "shifted voters" and 54,259 duplicate voters …

EC takes care of electoral rolls, not me, says Owaisi
9 months ago

EC takes care of electoral rolls, not me, says Owaisi

Deccan Chronicle  

Rejecting BJP Hyderabad Lok Sabha candidate K Madhavi Latha's allegation of about six lakh bogus votes in the constituency, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Election Commission takes care of the issue of voters' lists.Owaisi, who is seeking re-election from Hyderabad constituency, wondered what his role was in the matter.The AIMIM leader said the process of addition of …

Telangana Election Officers Attend CEO's Meeting in Delhi
1 year ago

Telangana Election Officers Attend CEO's Meeting in Delhi

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana state election officers on Friday made a presentation of best practices implemented in the recently concluded Assembly polls, at a conference of Chief Electoral Officers of all states in New Delhi that was organised by the Election Commission of ahead of the general elections. The two-day conference that ended on Friday was held to share experiences and learnings …

Naidu, Pawan complain to ECI over illegal' removal of names from voters list
1 year ago

Naidu, Pawan complain to ECI over illegal' removal of names from voters list

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan met Election Commission officials in Vijayawada on Tuesday and complained about removal of names of TD and JS supporters from the voters list in AP. Maintaining that several irregularities were found in the electoral rolls, Naidu and Pawan said the “people have already started revolting” against the …

ECI Directs to Prepare Registration of Votes for Graduates MLC by-Polls
1 year ago

ECI Directs to Prepare Registration of Votes for Graduates MLC by-Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India on Friday directed Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana state, Vikas Raj prepare for the byecletion to the Warangal, Khammam and Nalgonda graduates' constituency. The bypoll was necessitated by the resignation of incumbent MLC Palla Rajeswar Reddy, who won the Assembly election and chose to stay as an MLA. ECI secretary Pawan Diwan on Friday said …

Election Gear Up: Officials Prepped for Flawless Andhra Polls
1 year ago

Election Gear Up: Officials Prepped for Flawless Andhra Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: In anticipation of the upcoming elections, the Election Commission of India has geared up its machinery in Andhra Pradesh. Senior deputy election commissioners Dharmendra Sharma and Nitish Kumar Vyas conducted a comprehensive review meeting with state officials, emphasising transparency, accountability, and impartiality as core principles for the electoral process. Sharma and Vyas stressed the importance of a proactive approach, …

Telangana Polls: Missing Names Leave Voters Disappointed
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana Polls: Missing Names Leave Voters Disappointed

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Enthusiastic voters who came to vote in the Assembly elections were disappointed to find their names missing from the voter list on Thursday, though they had voted in the 2018 state polls and the 2019 general elections. After visiting three different polling stations near her home, she said, "I voted at this very polling station for the Lok Sabha …

EC issues notification for Nov 30 Telangana assembly polls
1 year, 2 months ago

EC issues notification for Nov 30 Telangana assembly polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India on Friday issued notification for Telangana Assembly polls to be held on November 30 and was published in Telangana Gazette.According to the notification, the nomination filing process for the polls would begin today and they would be accepted from 11 AM to 3 PM on working days till November 10. The nominations filed by …

46,000 names removed from voters list in Hyderabad: DEO
1 year, 2 months ago

46,000 names removed from voters list in Hyderabad: DEO

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hyderabad district electoral officer Ronald Rose said the district election authority had deleted around 46,000 names from the voters list in 15 constituencies in Hyderabad district in the last week. Speaking to the media, he appealed to the people to check their names in the electoral rolls and approach the authorities for enrollment, claims, and objections before October 31. …

Voters List Made by Civic Staff with Little Education
1 year, 3 months ago

Voters List Made by Civic Staff with Little Education

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Almost one-third of block level officers, who play a crucial role in the summary revision of electoral rolls, are underqualified workers, such as sweepers and sanitation workers with the GHMC’s sanitation. Of the 3,986 BLOs, one each for a polling station at present, 1,100 are public healthcare workers working in the GHMC’s sanitation wing. Other GHMC staff appointed as …

Not Inclined To Direct ECI To Revise Poll Roll: Telangana HC
1 year, 3 months ago

Not Inclined To Direct ECI To Revise Poll Roll: Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court made it clear on Thursday that the validity of the revised electoral roll cannot be examined by a court in a proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar, was dealing with a petition filed by Mohammed Feroz Khan, Congress leader …

BJP claims bogus voters in final list, say ECI misled by state due to BRS pressure
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP claims bogus voters in final list, say ECI misled by state due to BRS pressure

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior BJP leader Marri Shashidhar Reddy on Thursday lodged a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, alleging bogus votes in the recently released final voters’ list. Reddy, who is the Telangana BJP’s election commission affairs committee chairman, asked Kumar to direct the state election officials to look into it and delete bogus voters. In an email, the BJP …

17-member ECI team arrives in Hyderabad to assess Telangana’s poll preparedness
1 year, 3 months ago

17-member ECI team arrives in Hyderabad to assess Telangana’s poll preparedness

The Hindu  

The team of Election Commission of India headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar arrived in the city on Tuesday afternoon. The 17-member team comprising election commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel and senior officials is on a three-day visit to Telangana to assess the State’s preparedness for the forthcoming Assembly elections. This was followed by the meeting with …

Telangana Assembly Election | CEC Rajiv Kumar-led team in Hyderabad to access poll preparedness
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana Assembly Election | CEC Rajiv Kumar-led team in Hyderabad to access poll preparedness

The Hindu  

A 17-member delegation headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar reached in Hyderabad on October 3 as part of a three-day visit to assess poll preparedness in Telangana, official sources said. Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj received the team at the Rajiv Gandhi Airport in Hyderabad, they said. According to an official release issued earlier, the ECI team will …

Congress urges EC to delay voters list
1 year, 3 months ago

Congress urges EC to delay voters list

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: G. Niranjan, TPCC senior vice-president and chairman of the Election Commission Coordination Committee, has urged the Election Commission to delay the release of the final voters list due to the ongoing strike by anganwadi workers who serve as booth level officers in Telangana. In a letter addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner in Delhi, he stated: "I am enclosing …

TS electoral rolls have issues: Vikas
1 year, 4 months ago

TS electoral rolls have issues: Vikas

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Electoral rolls in Telangana have problems, and some of these went unrectified over three revisions of the rolls, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj has acknowledged. If the submission of Vikas Raj to the Chief Election Commissioner’s office in New Delhi earlier this month is anything to go by, in at least one gated community, around 4,000 voters were …

BJP urges CEC to ensure error free TS voters lists
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP urges CEC to ensure error free TS voters lists

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state BJP has urged the Chief Election Commissioner to instruct the Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana state to pay attention to its previous complaints over irregularities in voters rolls in the state and take corrective steps and ensure that when final electoral rolls are published, there are no bogus voters, and eligibile voters are allotted polling booths …

Telangana's CEO Initiates Inquiry Into Alleged Discrepancies In Voters' List
1 year, 4 months ago

Telangana's CEO Initiates Inquiry Into Alleged Discrepancies In Voters' List

ABP News  

Telangana’s Chief Electoral Officer, Vikas Raj, on Sunday directed district election officers to verify the complaints received about alleged discrepancies in the voters' list in four assembly constituencies in Greater Hyderabad, IANS reported. The CEO held a thorough review meeting with the District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers, Assistant Electoral Registration Officers, and enquiry officers in relation to complaints received …

Congress Team Meets Election Commission
1 year, 6 months ago

Congress Team Meets Election Commission

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BJP demanded action against errant officials who were spoiling the election process in the state, while the Congress complained about voters lists during a meeting with a team of Election Commission of India officials here on Saturday. BJP leaders alleged that while the ECI had directed transfers of officials who were involved in the election, the process was …

Election Commission Asks Five Poll-bound States to Update Electoral Rolls
1 year, 7 months ago

Election Commission Asks Five Poll-bound States to Update Electoral Rolls

News 18  

The Election Commission has asked chief electoral officers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Mizoram to carry out a fresh special summary revision to update the electoral rolls. In its May 24 dated letter to the five chief electoral officers, the poll body said the assembly polls in these states are "due later this year". It …

EC begins preparations for Assembly elections
1 year, 8 months ago

EC begins preparations for Assembly elections

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Social media teams will be constituted in all 33 districts to counter false information with regard to the Assembly elections due later this year. The ECI has asked district election officers and collectors to send names by April 30. The first-level checking of EVMs and voter-verifiable paper audit trail by nodal officers will be completed by June, in the …

Swiftly Rectify Discrepancies In Electoral Rolls Of Shivajinagar, Shanthi Nagar Assembly Constituencies: Karnataka High Court Directs ECI
1 year, 9 months ago

Swiftly Rectify Discrepancies In Electoral Rolls Of Shivajinagar, Shanthi Nagar Assembly Constituencies: Karnataka High Court Directs ECI

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Election Commission of India to act swiftly and conclude the exercise of correcting the electoral rolls in Shivaji Nagar and Shanthi Nagar constituencies in Bengaluru, by identifying voters who have expired and those who have shifted to other areas, by March 26. Bharatiya Janata Party had approached the High court seeking consideration of …

TS Chief poll officer: No plot in deletion of voters’ names
1 year, 11 months ago

TS Chief poll officer: No plot in deletion of voters’ names

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief electoral officer Vikas Raj said that the Election Commission has identified around 12 lakh photo similar entries in Telangana state and most of them would be deleted shortly. Names of around 10.5 lakh voters were deleted due to photo similar entries. Voters have not been unable to download their electoral photo identity cards for the last few months. …

Asaduddin Owaisi figures on voters lists in 2 constituencies: Congress
2 years ago

Asaduddin Owaisi figures on voters lists in 2 constituencies: Congress

Op India  

On Friday, January 6, Telangana Congress senior vice president G Niranjan alleged that Hyderabad MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi is registered as a voter in two separate assembly constituencies in the list of voters published on Thursday by the Telangana Chief Electoral Office. Senior Vice President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, G. Niranjan writes to CEC Rajiv Kumar alleging …

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission
2 years, 1 month ago

'It's An Important Issue': Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging "Voter Profiling" By Election Commission

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a SLP filed by Srinivas Kodali, an engineer from Hyderabad, alleging that Election Commission of India has indulged in "voter profiling" by deploying an "undisclosed software" to link voter records to Aadhaar. "ECI has effectively created a surveillance.sensitive information voters including religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlement, income, and medical history …

Voter data 'theft': NGO helmed by retired judges, bureaucrats seeks social audit of electoral database of Karnataka
2 years, 1 month ago

Voter data 'theft': NGO helmed by retired judges, bureaucrats seeks social audit of electoral database of Karnataka

The Hindu  

Amidst allegations of theft of voters’ data in Bengaluru, the Citizens’ Commission on Elections, an NGO, on Monday, November 28, wrote to the Election Commission requesting to order and facilitate a statewide social audit of the electoral database of Karnataka. In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, Mr. Devasahayam, Chief Coordinator of the NGO, wrote, “Since …

Electors awareness rally held in Tirupati
2 years, 2 months ago

Electors awareness rally held in Tirupati

Deccan Chronicle  

As part of the national-level launch of the special summary revision of the voters’ list, walkathons have been organised across the Tirupati district on Wednesday to motivate young voters to get their names included in the voter list. The Election Commission of India commenced a special brief revision of electoral rolls across the country to enrol unenrolled eligible citizens. District …

Telangana High Court finds no abnormality in Munugode electoral list
2 years, 3 months ago

Telangana High Court finds no abnormality in Munugode electoral list

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Dealing with various doubts over the massive enrolment of new voters in the bypoll-bound Munugode Assembly constituency, a division bench of Telangana High Court said that it had not found any 'abnormality' in the voters list provided by the Election Commission of India. After reviewing the statement of the Chief Election Officer, a bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan …

BJP asks ECI to check bogus voters in Munugode
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP asks ECI to check bogus voters in Munugode

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday charged the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government with “moving its Secretariat from Hyderabad to Munugode” and with abuse of power using its officials to unduly influence voters in the constituency. The BJP also sought intervention of the Election Commission of India to ensure that names of 25,000 bogus voters enrolled into the Munugode constituency …

ECI deletes duplicate entries, makes correction in electoral roll: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

ECI deletes duplicate entries, makes correction in electoral roll: Report

Live Mint  

The Election Commission of India has made some correction and deletions in the electoral roll. Over the period of last seven months, the ECI has deleted duplicate entries in the electoral roll and removed or corrected around 10 million of them, HindustanTimes has reported citing officials familiar with the matter. Around 20 lakhs.corrections were also processed.” A second official also …

EC electoral rolls: Telangana has 3.03 crore voters
3 years ago

EC electoral rolls: Telangana has 3.03 crore voters

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The number of voters in Telangana have increased to 3.03 crore as per the final electoral rolls released by Election Commission of India on Wednesday after undertaking special summary revision 2022 of electoral rolls across the state. However, there has been only an increase of little over 200 voters in SSR 2022 when compared to last year's SSR. While …

ECI has to ensure strict adherence to law on electoral registration: HC
3 years, 3 months ago

ECI has to ensure strict adherence to law on electoral registration: HC

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday said that the Election Commission of India would have to strictly adhere to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, in the process of registration of voters. A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order while disposing of a PIL …

GHMC polls: Telangana SEC’s hurry draws flak from political parties, civic activists
4 years, 1 month ago

GHMC polls: Telangana SEC’s hurry draws flak from political parties, civic activists

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The State Election Commission issuing the GHMC election notification along with the poll schedule has come as a shocker for political parties as well as civic activists. TPCC election coordination committee chairman Marri Shashidhar Reddy said, "How can the SEC ask candidates to file nominations by November 21 when the updated final list of electoral rolls will be published …

Voters’ names deleted for reverification
5 years, 6 months ago

Voters’ names deleted for reverification

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Voters in Hyderabad are being sent SMS alerts by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation that their names have been deleted from the voters’ list. Shocked voters who have voted in the recent Assembly and Lok Sabha elections cannot understand why this SMS alert is being sent to them by the GHMC. This is the process.” The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation …

Telangana High Court questions early polls to local bodies
5 years, 7 months ago

Telangana High Court questions early polls to local bodies

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the state government and State Election Commission to explain their stand on holding elections to the municipal corporations and municipalities whose term ends on July 2. Justice P. Naveen Rao was dealing with a petition filed by Mr Jajula Srinivas Goud, president of the Telangana State Backward Classes Welfare Association, seeking a direction to …

Sporadic violence, missing names in voter list surface in AP and Telangana
5 years, 9 months ago

Sporadic violence, missing names in voter list surface in AP and Telangana

Live Mint  

Incidents of sporadic violence and dysfunctional electronic voting machines were reported from different parts of Andhra Pradesh during the Lok Sabha and assembly polls on Thursday. Voter name deletions reported in Telangana again In Telangana, which also went to polls on Thursday, complaints from name deletions from electoral rolls were once again reported by citizens from different parts of Hyderabad …

Missing voters
5 years, 9 months ago

Missing voters

The Hindu  

Abdul Rahmat, 28, from Kolkata was shocked and confused when his application for enrolment in the electoral rolls was rejected with the comment “not an Indian citizen”. Khalid Saifullah, a software engineer whose company, Raylab Technologies, devised a phone application called Missing Voters to identify the names absent in the voters list and have them registered with the E.C., said: …

EC Takes Special Efforts to Conduct Polls in Telangana’s Nizamabad
5 years, 9 months ago

EC Takes Special Efforts to Conduct Polls in Telangana’s Nizamabad

The Quint  

The Election Commission has deployed a massive assortment of polling staff and machinery to conduct election in the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat in Telangana where a total of 185 candidates are in the fray, the poll panel said in a press release on Thursday, 4 April. According to the release, a team of EC officials led by Deputy Election Commissioner …

EC takes special efforts to conduct polls in Telangana's Nizamabad, Miao Assembly seat in Arunachal
5 years, 9 months ago

EC takes special efforts to conduct polls in Telangana's Nizamabad, Miao Assembly seat in Arunachal

India TV News  

The Election Commission has deployed a massive assortment of polling staff and machinery to conduct election in the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat in Telangana and an Assembly seat in a remote border village in Arunachal Pradesh, the poll panel said on Thursday. "For the first time, we have connected 12 ballot units to one control unit and a voter verifiable …

Opinion | The Election Commission must come clean on the deletion of voters
5 years, 9 months ago

Opinion | The Election Commission must come clean on the deletion of voters

Hindustan Times  

In December last year, there were strong protests in Telangana during the assembly elections, when it came to light that as many as 30 lakh voters had been struck off the rolls during a 2015 “clean up” exercise by the Election Commission. The case — Srinivas Kodali v Election Commission of India — is important because it does not simply …

Over 500 in fray for Lok Sabha elections in Telangana
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 500 in fray for Lok Sabha elections in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state election commission has rejected as many as 130 nominations excluding those filed in Bhongir constituency after scrutinising a total of 646 applications in 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana. The Election Commission rejected 27 nominations out of the total 40 filed in Malkajgiri, while it accepted all 18 nominations filed in Zaheerabad LS constituency. The EC has …

Election Commission has no answer for crucial common voters
5 years, 9 months ago

Election Commission has no answer for crucial common voters

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The State Election Commission is helpless regarding the 20 lakh voters whose names allegedly figure in the voter lists of both states. Sources said that since the Assembly polls have been concluded in TS, AP-origin voters would prefer to vote in their home state in view of the close race there rather than stay back and vote for the …

Telangana high court not to decide now on Election Commission data
5 years, 9 months ago

Telangana high court not to decide now on Election Commission data

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court said it would consider the question ordering deletion of Aadhaar data with the Election Commission during the final disposal of a petition on the matter. A division bench headed by Justice V. Ramasubramanian was issuing interim directions on a petition filed by Mr Kodali Srinivas of Miyapur, who wanted the source code of the EC’s …

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