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Protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar LIVE: Demonstration to resume in Delhi

October 3, 2026 admin

Neha Bora, National President of the All India Students’ Association (AISA), is detained by police during a protest demanding the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 2, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters The protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar is set to continue at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi…

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CEC row LIVE: Trinamool Congress may release CEC meeting audio next week, say party sources

September 29, 2026 admin

Why Congress leadership wants to retain deceased voters, duplicate names in rolls: Smriti Irani Hitting out at the Congress for targeting the Election Commission, senior BJP leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) accused the main Opposition party of attempting to undermine the country’s electoral system after failing to get the support of people…

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SIR row: Congress holds protest across Maharashtra seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s removal

September 28, 2026 admin

A Congress party worker wears a mask of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a protest against him over alleged disregard for the Election Commission’s decisions and the objections raised by two Election Commissioners, in Nagpur on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Monday (September 28, 2026) stepped up its agitation against Chief…

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Cockroach Janta Party turns focus to SIR voter deletions, asks Telangana volunteers to help affected electors

September 28, 2026 admin

Special Intensive Revision among the many other subjects discussed at a volunteer meeting organised by the party at Lamakaan in Hyderabad on Saturday (September 26, 2026). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Telangana unit has turned its focus to the deletions of voters’ names during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise,…

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Trade unions, farm outfits join chorus to remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar

September 26, 2026 admin

All India Students’ Association members stage a protest against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at the GPO roundabout, in Patna on September 26. | Photo Credit: ANI The Left parties, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), trade unions, students and youth organisations have decided to step up protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner…

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SIR helped Bihar achieve record poll turnout, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar

August 16, 2026 admin

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Sunday (August 16, 2026) said that the ‘successful’ conduct of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar last year helped to increase the voter turnout in the State Assembly election that followed. Mr. Kumar landed in Patna…

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Why Gyanesh Kumar’s Appointment As Poll Chief Sparked Row: Explained

February 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner last year, has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the conduct of the Bihar Assembly election later this year and the polls in Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu next year. He took…

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Gyanesh Kumar Takes Over Ahead of Top Court Hearing On Poll Chief Selection

February 19, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Gyanesh Kumar assumed charge Wednesday morning as the new Chief Election Commissioner. Mr Kumar replaces Rajiv Kumar in the role and will oversee the conduct of nearly two-dozen elections, state and presidential, over the course of his four-year term. The new CEC is an ex-IAS officer from the Kerala cadre, and earlier served…

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Rahul Gandhi Note On Poll Chief Selection

February 18, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has slammed the centre’s ‘midnight decision’ to appoint Gyanesh Kumar as the next Chief Election Commissioner, calling his nomination a ‘violation of the Supreme Court order (by) removing the Chief Justice of India from the selection committee”. Mr Gandhi, part of that three-member panel, as are Prime Minister Narendra…

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Gyanesh Kumar Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner

February 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, the senior of the two election commissioners after Chief Election Commission Rajiv Kumar, will succeed him, the government announced late this evening. As the next Chief Election Commissioner, he would be in charge of elections in five states – Opposition-ruled Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and NDA-ruled Bihar and…

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