Voting  

BJP's Delhi president Manoj Tiwari exuded confidence in stating that his party will get 50 plus seats in Delhi elections 2020
 

While several top political leaders in India claimed that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is considered to be an internal issue, a session was held in the European Parliament to debate upon India's stand on CAA and NRC

One of the biggest tasks post India’s independence was setting up a functional system that would enable common citizens to elect leaders for a true ‘Lok Sabha’. During that time, one person who was instrumental in setting up our country’s electoral system as it is today was Sukumar Sen. Let’s find about more about this civil servant and how the electoral system was setup in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

Fate of BJP, JMM+ to be sealed as counting of votes takes place in Jharkhand on December 23

The fifth and last phase of polling in Jharkhand came to an end finally, with the voter turnout at 70.83%. 

Voting for phase 4 in Jharkhand elections was recorded at 62.46 percent. Voters voted in huge numbers despite the threats issued by Maoists 

The Shiva Sena’s contradictory move to vote for CAB in Lok Sabha and to abstain from voting in Rajya Sabha has exposed its hypocrisy. However, the move to abstain comes as a calculated exercise as it was sure the Rajya Sabha would pass the bill.  

The third, of the five-phase Jharkhand Assembly election kickstarted on Thursday (December 12). Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and urged people to vote in large numbers.

After heated discussions spanning seven hours, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by a majority of 311 votes against 80 in the Lower House where 391 members were present and voting on Monday (December 9).

Union home minister Amit Shah introduced the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha. During this time, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that his party supports the Bill, but the voting rights should not be granted to the immigrants for 25 years.
 

In the second phase of voting for Jharkhand Assembly elections, as many as 20 seats went to polls, with CM Raghubir Das contesting from Jamshedpur East constituency. The state recorded a voting percentage of 62.40% till 5pm 

Voting days of the next three phases of Jharkhand election will be December 12, 16 and 20. The election results will be declared on December 23

 

In the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly election, voting was held in 13 constituencies, and voter turnout was recorded at approximately 64.12% on November 30

 During the first phase of voting in Jharkhand, Naxals blew up a bridge in Bishnupur. According to reports, no one was injured in the incident
 

In Bengal, it has almost become a norm to safeguard illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The problem is not new and parties such as the Congress, CPI(M) and now the TMC have all been protective of these elements as it had become their vote bank. Once declared an illegal immigrant, these persons lose their voting rights and this is what the political parties opposing NRC are really worried about.