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100 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Congress”, published between January 2017 and December 2019. They are filed mainly under Congress, BJP, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Opposition parties ask Election Commission to match 50% of EVMs with VVPAT slips
Leaders of several opposition parties met the Election Commission on Monday to raise concerns over alleged tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of the Lok Sabha election. The demand The delegation asked the commission to ensure that results from 50% of EVMs are tallied with voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips before results are declared. The leaders told the commission that people had doubts about the reliability of EVMs and that these concerns needed to be addressed. They met the Chief Election Commissioner and the other members ofRead More
Social media becomes a key battleground for the 2019 Lok Sabha election
Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, political parties and leaders were increasingly using social media to promote themselves and take on rivals, turning platforms such as Facebook into a central part of the campaign. Voters online The 2014 election had 83.40 crore voters, and the electorate in 2019 was expected to be around 90 crore. The BJP was reported to be concentrating on about 8 crore first-time voters, while the Congress was focusing on 11 crore 70 lakh people voting for the second time. Facebook had 21.7 crore monthlyRead More
Election Commission rules out simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Jharkhand
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesday ruled out holding the Lok Sabha and Jharkhand assembly elections together, during a meeting with political parties in Ranchi. He said the Election Commission was currently focused on preparing for the Lok Sabha polls. What the parties asked for Most parties suggested that the Lok Sabha election in the state be held in several phases; only the RJD asked for a single-phase poll. The Congress asked the commission to transfer officials who had been posted in the same place for more than threeRead More
Amit Shah says BJP wants Ram temple at the earliest, accuses Congress of hurdles
BJP president Amit Shah said on Friday that his party wants a Ram temple built in Ayodhya as soon as possible, and accused the Congress of putting obstacles in the way of resolving the dispute. He was speaking at the party’s national convention at Ramlila Maidan. What Shah said The remarks, part of his opening address, drew the loudest response from the thousands of party members present. “Let there be no doubt,” Shah said, after stating that the BJP wanted the temple at the same site in Ayodhya. He saidRead More
Modi targets Congress over 1984 riots and farm loan waivers at Punjab rally
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of protecting its leaders linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and even rewarding them with chief ministerships, in a veiled reference to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Speaking at a joint rally of the BJP and its ally the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, he also attacked the Congress over farm loan waivers, saying it had not kept its promises to farmers. The 1984 riots It was Modi’s first open attack on Kamal Nath since the BJP’s defeat in the Madhya PradeshRead More
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