The BJP also made complaints about TMC workers "unleashing terror" in poll-bound districts in collusion with a section of the state police.
The full bench of the EC, including Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, arrived in the city on Tuesday and held meetings with senior officials on the preparedness for the first phase of the assembly polls on March 27.
Party national vice president Mukul Roy on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will approach the Election Commission regarding the bombing incident.
NOTA does not hold any electoral value. Even if a majority of votes are cast, the candidate with the largest vote share will be declared the winner. The NOTA option was first used in the 2013 assembly elections held in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
The Election Commission on Sunday removed top officials for "major failure" in ensuring security to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who suffered injuries in Nandigram last week.
Banerjee fell down and sustained injuries on her left leg and waist. There were allegations that she was pushed by unidentified people while she was campaigning in the Nandigram assembly segment on Wednesday evening after filing her nomination from the constituency.
A BJP delegation on Friday met the Election Commission of India (ECI) and requested that a special team of professional investigators be immediately constituted to investigate the alleged attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
‘Khela Hobe’, meaning ‘Game On’, is a slogan first given by Trinamool Congress as scores of its leaders switched to the BJP, pitching Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against all the opposition faces.
The Election Commission on Saturday removed the Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag Mohan in his place.
Political strategist Prashant Kishore, a day after the election commission announced assembly polls scheduled for 4 states and Puducherry, reiterated Trinamool Congress' election slogan 'Bengal only wants its own daughters' adding one of the key battles for democracy in India will be fought in West Bengal.
The Election Commission will hold a meeting to finalize the election schedule for five states on Wednesday.
The eight member BJP delegation was led by its National General Secretary Bhupender Yadav and party's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh.
Ghosh told reporters that the EC has been requested to look into allegations of irregularities in the process of updating the list.
On the issue of data security, the home secretary wrote that the government is complying with the current best practices for ensuring cyber security.
The Election Commission has sought views of recognised national and state parties on what should be the limit of expenditure for candidates contesting Lok Sabha and assembly polls.
As per ECI, 11 seats are as such where nail biting finish taken place during counting on November 10 and the margin between victory and defeat was less than 1,000 votes.
As the counting of votes for the Bihar assembly polls continued well past midnight, the Election Commission on Tuesday rejected allegations of any pressure and asserted that all due diligence was followed.
The counting votes in the Bihar assembly election will continue till late evening, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, HR Srinivas, said on Tuesday. Around 4.10 crore votes were cast and 92 lakh votes have been counted so far, Srinivas told news agency ANI.
The Election Commission order revoking the "star campaigner" status of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath was stayed by the Supreme Court on Monday.
Congress leader Kamal Nath has moved Supreme Court against Election Commission taking away his 'star campaigner' status in MP bypolls, informed his lawyer Vivek Tankha.
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