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Meet Ashok Lavasa: A man surrounded by many controversies, going back to the CWG scam

Nupur J Sharma - 21 May, 2019

Election commissioner Ashok Lavasa had kicked up a storm earlier after he alleged that he did not agree with the ECI decisions to clear PM Modi and Amit Shah of charges of violating the MCC

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee hails the Election Commission of India for perfectly conducted elections

OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2019

Pranab Mukherjee stated that election commissions starting from Shukumar Sen to the present CEC, have made sure that elections are conducted perfectly.

News Reports

AAP goes insane, alleges that there will be attempts to open strong rooms and manipulate or replace EVMs

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2019

With the exit polls predicting 0-1 seat for the Aam Aadmi Party, it, in turn, starts preparing excuses in case the exit poll predictions hold up

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TMC should not behave like a crying baby: Babul Supriyo slams TMC for complaint against PM’s Kedarnath visit

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

Supriyo said that TV channels should have the freedom to decide what they want to cover and that the amount of media coverage a person gets depends on how important the person is.

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Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat, whines about EVMs even before the first vote is counted

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

Rahul Gandhi blames EVM, electoral bond, election schedule, NaMo TV, Modi's Kedarnath visit for Congress party's expected defeat

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Bombs hurled and journalists assaulted in Bengal, but TMC writes to EC complaining against PM Modi’s Kedarnath visit

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2019

The TMC has written to the Election Commission of India alleging that the PM's visit to Kedarnath and the media coverage of it is a 'gross violation of the model code of conduct'.

Opinions

The Congress ecosystem is investing full scale in discrediting the Indian election

Abhishek Banerjee - 18 May, 2019

While BJP has been raked over the coals by the Election Commission, nearly getting banned, you wouldn’t be surprised to hear who get VVIP privileges from the same EC.

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Election Commissioners are not clones of each other, CEC Arora slams controversy over Lavasa letter

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2019

The CEC has asserted that the election commissioners are not expected to be template or clones of each other and they do have a dissenting view in many instances.

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EC’s show cause notice to channel where Vinod Dua aired Exit Polls, among others, asks Twitter to remove Exit Poll tweets

OpIndia Staff - 16 May, 2019

Three media houses have been sent show-cause notices yesterday by the poll body for publishing Exit Polls in a violation to Representation of the People Act.

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