Sources within the Election Commission of India (ECI) have clarified that the Indian National Congress' (INC) ongoing demand for machine-readable, digital copies of electoral rolls is "not legally tenable" and has already been conclusively settled by the Supreme Court.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar defended the declaration of emergency by Indira Gandhi saying that after emergency, she came back to power after receiving people's mandate.
After the Election Commission invited Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for talks over his allegations regarding the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Congress party on Thursday responded through a letter.
The Indira Gandhi government invoked Article 359 to deny Indians the right to seek judicial remedy for violations of their fundamental rights. Sanjay Gandhi oversaw arbitrary arrests, torture in police custody forced sterilisation drives.
The results of bypolls in five assembly seats across Punjab, Kerala, Gujarat, and West Bengal are out. Congress won in Nilambur, AAP secured victories in Ludhiana West and Visavadar, BJP retained Kadi, and TMC swept Kaliganj.
The bill confers sweeping powers on the state government to take action against not just people residing in Karnataka but also those living outside the state.
Congress councilor Anwar Qadri, also known as "Anwar Dacoit," faces serious allegations including funding "Love Jihad," attempted murder, robbery, and land grabbing.
Had India been actively choosing sides and resorted to partisanship in global conflicts, we would have had to bear the brunt of hampered trade relations, alienation of friendly nations and unintentional entanglement in wars that we did not start.