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Vinod Tawde to lead the party’s Uttar Pradesh operations with four co-in-charges; organisational coordination, booth management and election preparedness expected to be key priorities Lucknow: With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election approaching, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strengthened its organisational setup in the state by putting together a five-member team headed by national general secretary Vinod Tawde. Jagdish Patel, Medha Kulkarni, Pradeep Verma and Anant Ojha have been appointed as co-in-charges to assist him. The appointments are part of a wider organisational reshuffle announced by BJP president Nitin…

Goa CEO’s office reportedly sought rollback facility eight times in seven days; EROs had found 97 electors eligible, but their names did not appear in the final SIR roll Panaji: A controversy over the Election Commission of India’s ECINet system has intensified after reports emerged that 97 voters in Goa, who were found eligible for inclusion by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), were nevertheless left out of the final electoral roll published following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh cited the Goa episode to question the functioning…

Two Election Commissioners reportedly recorded objections on 14 occasions over 10 months; Election Commission says final decisions, including those on SIR, were unanimous. New Delhi: Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi announced a press conference amid an escalating political controversy over the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. In a post on X, Gandhi said that those he described as “opponents of the Constitution” had been exposed and announced that he would address the media at 4 pm. The remarks…

Kolkata: The political confrontation over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has intensified, with Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee raising fresh allegations against the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Banerjee on Thursday shared screenshots purportedly taken from a WhatsApp group involving election observers and claimed that the exchanges, dating back to April, raise serious questions about the manner in which the electoral process was handled in West Bengal. He alleged that there had been a plan…

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary (Communications) and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh has raised concerns over the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that millions of voters have either been removed from the rolls or asked to provide additional documents to retain their registration. According to figures cited by Ramesh, around 78 million names were removed from electoral rolls during the first two phases of the SIR exercise. He said this amounted to roughly 13 percent of the electoral rolls covered by those phases.…

Chennai: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan said various government initiatives aimed at employment generation, entrepreneurship and skill development have created wider opportunities for young people across the country. Referring to employment trends, Murugan said the unemployment rate had declined from 6 per cent to 3.2 per cent. He also highlighted the rapid expansion of India’s startup ecosystem, saying the number of startups had increased from around 400 in 2014 to more than 2.5 lakh. According to the minister, a significant proportion of startup founders…

Kolkata: During the Karam Utsav celebrations held in Purulia, West Bengal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a series of measures concerning the Kudmi community, including the withdrawal of cases registered in connection with earlier protests and increased government support for community development. The Chief Minister said criminal and other cases registered against members of the Kudmi community during agitations under the previous government would be withdrawn. He also said the state government would pursue the inclusion of the Kudmali and Rajbanshi languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of…