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Rajiv Kumar is new CEC; will oversee 2024 LS elections, various state polls
India | May 12, 2022 23:28 ISTRajiv Kumar will assume charge on May 15 after incumbent Sushil Chandra demits office on May 14, a notification issued by the law ministry said.
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Disband present EC, probe actions of its members: Anand Sharma
India | May 03, 2021 14:18 ISTSenior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday demanded that the present Election Commission be disbanded and the action of its members probed.
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Election process not only succeeded but sustained itself since 1951: CEC
News | January 25, 2021 19:26 ISTThe experiment on election process has not only succeeded but has also sustained itself since 1951, said Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on the occasion of 11th National Voters' Day celebrations. 'It has been 70 years since first general election was held in country in 1951. Having earned the epithet of being act of faith, experiment has not only succeeded but has sustained itself,' said CEC Arora.
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Former Finance Secy Rajiv Kumar appointed new Election Commissioner, to replace Ashok Lavasa
India | August 21, 2020 23:48 ISTFormer Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner, will replace Ashok Lavasa on August 31, the Law Ministry in a statement said.
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CEC Sunil Arora nominates Sushil Chandra for proposed Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission
Elections | February 17, 2020 22:44 ISTChief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has named Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as his nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir.
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CEC Sunil Arora takes over as new chairman of FEMBoSA
India | January 24, 2020 21:34 ISTChief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday took over as the new Chair of the Forum of the Election Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) for the year 2020 at the annual meeting of the poll management bodies of Saarc countries.
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BJP CEC meet begins as PM Modi reaches party headquarters
Elections | January 16, 2020 21:45 ISTAll the senior leaders also reached there to attend the meeting which was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. but was delayed, waiting for the Prime Minister to reach the venue.
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Silence difficult, but more desirable to see through poll process: CEC on Lavasa's public dissent
India | May 29, 2019 19:29 ISTBreaking his silence on the controversy surrounding fellow Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand to record any dissent in the Election Commission's model code orders, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Wednesday said there are times to remain quiet and times to speak up, indicating the issue could have been raised post elections.
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'Not going back to era of ballot papers, EC won't be intimidated or bullied': CEC on demands against use of EVMs
India | January 24, 2019 17:08 ISTHe also lamented that EVMs are being used as a "football" and some sections are doing a "motivated slugfest" over their use.
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Current laws ‘inadequate’ to tackle menace of black money, fake news threat to electoral process: CEC
India | September 15, 2018 18:09 ISTHe also added that clean elections are like a “well spring of legitimacy” for the leadership and the people of the country and if this was contaminated by such issues, the common man becomes “cynical” about the entire system, which is an area of concern.
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Telangana polls not with four states if state is not ready: CEC
September 12, 2018 15:32 ISTElections can be held in January or February in Telangana which has time upto March 5, 2019 for constitution of the new Assembly, he said.
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Simultaneous polls not possible without legal framework: CEC OP Rawat
Elections | August 14, 2018 15:08 ISTThe statement by the Chief Election Commissioner, which comes out a day after the BJP made a fresh push to hold Lok Sabha and assembly polls together, virtually rules out holding simultaneous polls any time soon.
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Exclusion from NRC won't mean removal from voter list: CEC
August 02, 2018 1:19 ISTEarlier this week, the complete draft of the NRC has included 2,89,83,677 people out of a total 3,29,91,384 applicants. However, names of around 40.07 lakh applicants did not figure in the list.
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Assam NRC Draft: Electoral roll revision to be completed by Jan 2019, eligible voters won't be left out, says CEC
July 31, 2018 18:53 ISTMeanwhile, exclusion of names of family members in the final draft of the NRC published in Assam on Monday has emerged as a major concern for many among the over 40 lakh applicants whose names do not figure in it.
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Election Commission unlikely to reiterate demand for contempt powers
India | January 30, 2018 16:55 ISTIn a letter in April, the Commission had urged the law ministry to amend the election laws so that it could use the ‘Contempt of Courts’ Act against such parties.
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CEC OP Rawat opens up on disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs
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Gujarat polls: VVPAT machines will be used along with EVMs, says CEC A K Joti
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections | December 03, 2017 18:53 ISTThe Election Commission of India on Sunday said that VVPAT machines will be used along with EVMs in the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat.
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‘Didn’t take any undue favour from Gujarat govt’: CEC Joti quashes reports of retaining bungalow
India | October 23, 2017 6:38 ISTThe CEC said that once he was allotted a house by the government of India, he immediately vacated the Ahmedabad bungalow in October 2016.
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Gujarat Assembly polls will be held in December, says CEC A K Jyoti
National | October 10, 2017 20:37 ISTThe Gujarat Assembly elections will “without doubt” be held in December this year, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Achal Kumar Jyoti said on Tuesday
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Supreme Court questions Centre on enabling law on appointment of CEC, ECs
India | July 05, 2017 22:37 ISTSupreme Court today asked the Centre why no enabling law as mandated under the Constitution for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners has yet been framed.
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