URL copied Prohibit victory celebrations urgently : Election Commission writes to Chief Secretaries
The Election Commission of India has written to Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs where counting is underway to prohibit victory celebrations urgently . The commission has directed that responsible SHOs and other officers must be suspended immediately and criminal and disciplinary actions must be initiated against them.
The ECI s direction came after it was brought to the attention of the commission through media that at certain locations in some states, public celebrations in context to today s counting are being carried out which is in contravention of the directions issued by the Election Commission vide letter dates April 21 and May 1.
Tamil Nadu polls saw higher spend on Google ads than 2019 general elections
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A woman shows her inked finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the Tamil Nadu elections
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The intensity of competition in Tamil Nadu, the wide reach of digital platforms, and the high stakes involved in gaining control over one of India’s richest states may be driving parties to spend more on social media and online campaigns
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As more and more Indians get connected to the net, online propaganda and political messaging have never appeared as important as it does today. Nowhere is this more evident than Tamil Nadu, where political parties have spent at least ₹33 crore on Google ads. In past state elections in Maharashtra (2019) and Delhi (2020), such ads were worth less than ₹5 crore, a Mint analysis of Google ads data shows.
The Madras High Court on Monday castigated the Election Commission over the COVID-19 second wave in the country, holding it singularly responsible for the spread.
Time for voters to have their say in Tamil Nadu
As for Stalin, his party has been out of power for two consecutive terms and is confident of victory now, keen as it is on exploiting anti-incumbency in a wave-less election.
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DMK president MK Stalin (L) and Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami (File photo | EPS)
A total of 3,998 candidates have taken position after high-octane political campaigning reached a heady crescendo during the last few days before one of the most riveting poll battles in the history of Tamil Nadu, scheduled for today. They will be vying for the preference of 3,19,39,112 women, 3,09,23,651 men and 7,192 transgender people to be elected across 234 constituencies to the 16th Legislative Assembly. For AIADMK’s Edappadi K Palaniswami and the DMK’s M K Stalin, it’s a do-or-die battle. Palaniswami’s last-minute announcements of 10.5% Vanniyar quota and 7.5% reservation for government school students in NEET as also a slew of
Demand for form-7A to be made available as text document to help visually-challenged still pending
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CHENNAI: Activists for differently-abled persons have been struggling for five years to make form-7A on the election commission website accessible to visually-challenged citizens to cast their vote independently.The document, which contains details of the candidate’s name, photo, party, symbol and other details is currently available as an image document on www.elections.tn.gov.in.
The image cannot be accessed by visually-challenged voters on the screen. If available as a text document, screen readers can read out the form to visually-challenged individuals to communicate the displayed text, thereby giving them access to cast their vote.