Returning officer is the final authority: Election Commission on matter of recounting in Nandigram
Returning officer is the final authority: Election Commission on matter of recounting in Nandigram
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday took cognisance of media reports on recounting at the Nandigram assembly constituency in West Bengal and said that the Returning Officer (RO) appointed by the poll panel is the final authority under the law to decide on such matter. Certain sections of media have reported about the matter of recounting in Nandigram AC. Returning Officer (RO) of an Assembly Constituency performs statutory functions under the RP Act, 1951 in quasi-judicial capacity independently. Whether it is nomination, polling or counting, the RO acts strictly in accordance with the extant electoral laws, instructions and guidelines of the ECI, the statement read.
: Sunday, May 2, 2021, 7:08 PM IST
MK Stalin thanks Tamil Nadu people for voting DMK to power, pledges to work for them
Tamil Nadu, May 02 (ANI): DMK party workers feed sweets to MK Stalins poster as they celebrate their partys victory in Tamil Nadu state legislative assembly elections, at party headquarters in Chennai on Sunday.
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Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin, who is set to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time, on Sunday thanked the people for voting his party to power and assured them that he would truthfully work for them.
Stalin expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the people of the state for mandating his party to govern Tamil Nadu for the sixth time.
COVID-19: Election Commission asks Chief Secretaries of States/UTs to prohibit victory celebrations
West Bengal, May 02 (ANI): TMC supporters celebrate the partys victory near West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjees residence during the election result day for the West Bengal Assembly election, at Kalighat in Kolkata on Sunday.
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New Delhi: In view of a surge in COVID-19 infections, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday wrote to Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories and heads of political parties to prohibit the victory celebrations where the counting of votes is underway and demanded strict compliance of directions.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries, the poll body asked to urgently prohibit the public celebrations being carried out in the context of today s counting of votes.
Bengal: EC Imposes 24-hour Campaign Ban on BJP s Sayantan Basu, TMC s Sujata Mondal
The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 pm on April 18 to 7 pm on April 19.
Representative image of TMC and BJP supporters. Photo: PTI/Reuters
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New Delhi:Â The Election Commission on Sunday imposed a 24-hour campaign ban on BJP leader Sayantan Basu and Sujata Mondal of the Trinamool Congress for their controversial remarks during the ongoing assembly polls in West Bengal.
The bar on campaigning by the leaders will be in force from 7 pm on April 18 to 7 pm on April 19.
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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday dismissed speculations that the final four phases of the ongoing Assembly elections in West Bengal could be clubbed due to the massive rise in daily COVID-19 cases, news agency ANI reported. No such plan of clubbing phases, said the ECI on speculations about the Commission clubbing remaining Assembly election phases in West Bengal into one.
No such plan of clubbing phases: Election Commission of India (ECI) on speculations about the Commission clubbing remaining Assembly election phases in West Bengal into one#WestBengalPollspic.twitter.com/8gDhl9rZLp ANI (@ANI) April 15, 2021
The rising COVID-19 cases is a cause of worry for the state. On Wednesday, the state recorded its highest-ever single-day spike of 5,892 coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 6,30,116, the state health department bulletin said. The death toll in West Bengal rose to 10,458 after 24 more fatalities were recorded, it added. The number of active