Election Commission of India recommends to President disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs

By: Express Web Desk 13 pm AAP National Convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Express picture by using Praveen Khanna/File) The Election Commission of India on Friday recommended disqualification of 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs after it observed every one in all them guilty of maintaining Office of Profit . The poll panel has communicated its opinion to President Ram Nath Kovind. The Constitution prohibits Members of Parliament and MLAs from maintaining any Office of Profit this means that accepting government positions that deliver some monetary remuneration or another advantage together with workplace space or even a vehicle. Any violation of this provision draws disqualification of the legislator. The intention of this provision is to preserve the independence of the legislature by preserving its participants away from any temptations from the government EC recommends disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs over workplace of profit charge AAP MLAS said for disqualification highlights: 8:30 pm: Anna Hazare stated in a tweet: We parted our ways the day Arvind Kejriwal fashioned Aam Aadmi Party. We aren't in contact anymore. I had instructed him not to shape a party. Nation can t be served by means of forming a party had that been the case the situation would were one of a kind in 70 years of independence. 6:fifty six pm: Delhi High Court will now pay attention the matter on Monday. It is deemed suitable for the respondents to find out whether a very last order has been passed and the identical has been communicated to the Honorable president said the courtroom. 6:49 pm: Delhi HC refuses to bypass interim order on a plea by means of six AAP MLAs looking for a live on an order handed via the EC disqualifying 20 MLAs in an Office of Profit case. 6:forty one pm: AAP MLA from Burari additionally challenged BJP and Congress pronouncing the same. He stated I am throwing an open undertaking to the BJP and the Congress to tell one car wide variety or any bunglow which I have used being a parliamentary secretary. 6:35 pm: Challenging the Bharatiya Janata Party Saurabh Bhardwaj tweeted: Tell one Govt car wide variety which was allotted to any Parliamentary Secretary. 6:32 pm: The decide also stated The EC stored you giving reminders however you didn t trouble to respond. I am no longer searching at the advantage of the case but your conduct. 6:31 pm: Meanwhile AAP s national spokesperson Raghav Chopra stated EC hasn t even heard the OoP matter on merits and now makes ill-based suggestions without giving AAP MLAs an opportunity of being heard. Blatant violation of concepts of natural justice. This is taking vendetta to subsequent level. 6.25 pm: The Delhi High Court also puzzled the conduct of AAP leaders earlier than the Election Commission. The decide stated You (AAP) very with ease say that the HC has ceased of the matter. Again on November 21 you did not ask for a live from the High Court. You can't dictate phrases to the EC. Just due to the fact the court docket issued notices you took the whole device with no consideration. 6.20 pm: Meanwhile the Delhi High Court has asked the suggest for the Election Commission to discover whether or not any order of disqualification has been exceeded through the EC. 6.10 pm: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee extended help to the Aam Aadmi Party saying A Constitutional frame cannot be used for political vendetta. The 20 AAP MLAs had been now not even given a listening to through the Hon EC. Most unlucky. This goes in opposition to the principles of herbal justice.At this hour we are strongly with Arvind Kejriwal and his crew. Five:18 pm: The petition earlier than the Election Commission turned into filed via one Prashant Patel towards 21 MLAs who were appointed as parliamentary secretaries with the aid of the AAP government in Delhi. Subsequently the complaints had been dropped against Jarnail Singh after he resigned as the Rajouri Garden MLA to contest the Punjab Assembly polls. 5:08 pm: AAP MLAs petition cited earlier than a bench headed via Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal to be heard nowadays itself. Four:fifty nine pm: AAP s Ashutosh said a tweet: EC need to no longer be the letter container of the PMO but that may be a truth these days. Person like me who has included EC as reporter for the duration of Seshan days nowadays I can say EC has never touched so low ever. Sad. Four:forty nine pm: BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma tweets: Arvind Kejriwal ji your MLA says no perks have been given to twenty AAP MLAs so why did Delhi Assembly Secretariat bypass an order dispensing workplaces? :@ArvindKejriwal ji your MLA says no perks had been given to 20 AAP MLAs so why did Delhi Assembly Secretariat bypass an order doling out offices? Percent.Twitter.Com/c88Sm0WWap Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) January 19 2018 four:45 pm: Meanwhile AAP MLA Rajesh Gupta has said We demanded replica of the letter however we've got were given not anything from the Election Commission. There has been no hearing. The count number is sub judice inside the excessive court docket. Rajesh Gupta (Source: ANI photo) 4:forty pm: See the images of all of the AAP MLAs who had been disqualified by way of the Election Commission these days. 4:30 pm: Congress Ajay Maken said Kejriwal does t have the moral right to live on his put up he have to surrender. Congress will perform a jan aandolan regarding the identical. Ajay Maken. (Source: ANI picture) four:18 pm: Welcoming EC s selection Delhi BJP President Manoj Tiwari has stated that it is a moral defeat for Arvind Kejriwal and now he have to own responsibility and renounce. He has also said Though we welcome the choice however concurrently remorse that Election Commission of India allowed undue adjournments to AAP MLAs which have price pricey to the people of Delhi. Four:14 pm: Delhi BJP has welcomed the choice of EC recommending disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs inside the be counted of Office of Profit . द ल्ल भ https://kkjabong.wordpress.com/ जप चुन व आय ग द्व र आम आदम प र्ट के 20 व ध यक ं क अय ग्य घ ष त करने क स फ़ र श क स्व गत करत है Delhi BJP welcomes the selection of EC recommending disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs inside the count of Office of Profit @ManojTiwariMP p.C.Twitter.Com/i7IdI2CIev BJP Delhi (@BJP4Delhi) January 19 2018 four:14 pm: The government within the National Capital is paralysed. Delhi Government and AAP is jogging on this foundation that the things which Kejriwal says is correct most effective. Our constitution has shown reflect to the Delhi CM today. Four:13 pm: Saying that from India against Corruption to I am Corruption Aam Aadmi Party has blanketed the journey in a brief time Patra requested Do the still have the morality of continuing in governance in Delhi? Sambit Patra. (Source: ANI photograph) 4:12 pm: Sambit Patra stated Those who started out their political adventure towards corruption are themselves corrupt. The self-guilt was pretty evident. This isn't an normal difficulty. The journey of AAP has been From India against corruption to I am corruption . 4:10 pm: BJP s Sambit Patra says Aam Aadmi Party maximum corrupt in India. Many AAP MLAs are in jail and numerous are out on bail Shouldn t Mr. Arvind Kejriwal resign? He said. 3:40 pm: The Aam Aadmi Party has approached Delhi High Court against the Election Commission s recommendation to disqualify their 20 MLAs in Office of Profit case. 3:18 pm: When there has been no income within the alleged workplace for profit case then it is incorrect to remove the elected MLAs. I would love to recognise if any person living inside the constituencies of the 20 MLAs who are imagined to have held the Office of Profit had any know-how about the MLAs owning a vehicle a house property or any other privilege that became wrongfully loved by those MLAs said Bharadwaj. 3.16 pm: Saurah Bhardwaj also stated Achal Kumar Jyoti will turn 65 on January 23 and after that he gained t maintain the location of the CEC. The listening to in this case become finished by 3 humans but two of them have seperated themselves. So while the High court docket had said that these two had been now not the parliamentary secretaries how can the Election Commission inspect this. The CEC is mortgaging a constitutional instutution like the Election Commission to pay the debt that he owes to the PM. Saurabh Bhardwaj. 3:14 pm: Whenever there may be an research anywhere in the global the accused is likewise given a chance to put their factor across; the EC did not give any MLA such an opportunity says Saurabh Bharadwaj. Three.Thirteen pm: The document of AAP s 21 MLAs has been despatched to the President the information is yet to be showed says Saurabh Bharadwaj AAP spokesperson. Three:12 pm: Saurabh Bhardwaj stated There is not any credible data. All reports are primarily based on resources. I want to ask if human beings from constituencies of those 21 MLAs have visible them utilising government facilities like vehicle house or revenue. No listening to has been held before EC until now. Three.10 pm: AAP says Will project Election Commission s choice within the pinnacle courtroom . Three.01 pm: AAP had won 67 of the 70 Assembly seats in 2015 polls and continues to enjoy a majority even after the disqualification of the 20 MLAs. 2.58 pm: Initially the case become against 21 MLAs but it now stands at 20 after Rajouri Garden MLA Jarnail Singh resigned to contest in opposition to Parkash Singh Badal within the Punjab Assembly elections remaining 12 months. 2.Fifty two pm: These are the 20 AAP MLAs who are endorsed for disqualification: 1. Adarsh Shastri from Dwarka constituency 2. Alka Lamba from Chandni Chowk constituency three. Sanjeev Jha from Burari constituency 4. Kailash Gehlot from Najafgarh constituency five. Vijendra Garg from Rajinder Nagar constituency 6. Praveen Kumar from Jangpura constituency 7. Sharad Kumar Chauhan from Narela constituency eight. Madan Lal Khufiya from Kasturba Nagar constituency 9. Shiv Charan Goyal from Moti Nagar constituency 10. Sarita Singh from Rohtas Nagar constituency 11. Naresh Yadav from Mehrauli constituency 12. Rajesh Gupta from Wazirpur constituency 13. Rajesh Rishi from Janakpuri constituency 14. Anil Kumar Bajpai from Gandhi Nagar constituency 15. Som Dutt from Sadar Bazar constituency 16. Avtar Singh from Kalkaji constituency 17. Sukhvir Singh Dala from Mundka constituency 18. Manoj Kumar from Kondli constituency 19. Nitin Tyagi from Laxmi Nagar constituency 20. Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar constituency Also Read however faces this task 2.46 pm: BJP via its retailers severely compromises the prestige of EC simply to divert the eye of state from its all spherical screw ups Sharma tweeted. 2.Forty two pm: This ought to be the primary ever recommendation in EC records wherein a recommendation has been sent with out even listening to the main count on deserves. NO HEARING TOOK PLACE IN EC ON THE POINT OF OFFICE OF PROFIT Sharma said. 2.Forty pm: What Modi govt appointed Election Commission is leaking to the media is a recommendation made with out listening to the arguments of MLAs at the false allegation of office of profit such a blatantly biased advice will NOT stand scrutiny in court docket of regulation Nagendra Sharma the media advisor to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted soon after the EC s advice became recognised. For all of the today's India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Aaam Aadmi Party AAP AAP MLA Disqualification Arvind Kejriwal Kushal KumarJan 20 2018 at eight:56 amthis Vedic astrology writer s article - Astrologically speaking a few highlights for India in coming 12 months 2018 - posted closing 12 months at theindiapost on 19 October 2017. The associated textual content inside the article reads as follows :- The year 2018 appears to be bringing to cognizance subject matters of political nature for a heightened or sharp analysis or discussion. Such evaluation or discussion may also pave way for brand spanking new enactments or judicial pronouncements having far achieving significance or fee protecting issues associated with women faith and political elegance . At another area a few States were indicated in which prediction will have a greater attention all through 2018 more so in July-August 2018. Delhi is one in every of those States. Further the thing additionally reads as : - Mid-March to 31 May 2018. Those concerned in selection making or governance of huge ente(0)(zero) Reply Subramanyan RJan 20 2018 at 7:fifty one amEC CJI and all other ins utions had been corrupted. Democracy is being murdered Subramanyan(zero)(zero) Reply SSubramanyanJan 19 2018 at 8:57 pmmurder of democracy(0)(0) Reply Suhas GhaJan 19 2018 at 7:59 pmModi has declaired a battle towards democresy. Listen. This is a war against democresy. Forget ur differences. Disqualify 20 mlas in one shot is nothing but gross brush aside to peoples mandet. Not handiest that. But modi is the use of all u moral approach to distroy our democresy. He and his birthday party and figure company dont consider in democresy but dictetorship. Awaken now. Oppose modi s assault on democresy taken via hiding in the back of shikhandi EC. Dont permit modi to win this warfare. Our democresy is in excellent threat. Today u can also snigger at kejarawal. But tom it's far ur flip. We are in terrific hazard. Modi hiding at the back of democretic ins utes is attacking democresy itself. Do ureally consider modi does no longer have hand behind this? If u trust u r staying in fools paradise. Unite against this one guy dictetor or u willbe completed. If u dont want to be in concentration camps oppose him tooth and nail. This guy for certain will ship u to awareness camp.(three)(5) Reply Dinesh PandeyJan 19 2018 at 7:03 pmTo day Indian media is offered out sold out bought out(4)(four) Reply Load More Comments By: Express Web Desk amongst eight states that go to polls this 12 months (Express Photo) The Election Commission of India announced dates for elections to the Assemblies of Meghalaya Tripura and Nagaland nowadays. The three states comprising 60-member Houses every are amongst 8 states that go to polls this yr. The tenure of the Meghalaya Tripura and Nagaland Assemblies expire on March 6 March thirteen and March 14 2018 respectively. State elections to Karnataka Mizoram Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan also are due this year. With the Election Commission announcing dates to those three states today the model code of conduct comes into play and election campaigning by means of political events will soon pick up pace. The press convention is expected to begin at midday. We will get you the cutting-edge updates. Assembly Election dates 2018 highlights: 12.Fifty one pm: Here are all of the dates you need to recognise concerning the elections to Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya. Tripura Date of problem of gazette notification: January 24 Last date of nomination: January 31 Scrutiny of nomination: February 1 Last date of withdrawal of candidature: February 3 Date of polling: February 18 Date of counting: March three Meghalaya Nagaland Date of difficulty of gazette notification: January 31 Last date of nomination: February 7 Scrutiny of nomination: February eight Last date of withdrawal of candidature: February 12 Date of polling: February 27 Date of counting: March three 12.Eleven pm: Election to the three states will appear in rounds. Tripura will vote on February 18 2017 that's a Sunday. Meghalaya and Nagaland will vote on February 27 (Tuesday). Counting for all three states may be performed on March 3 2018. The results might be declared on the same day. 12.06 pm: VVPATs and EVMs can be used in the 3 states. While EVMs were used for the final twenty years in those 3 states VVPATs might be deployed for the first time for the Assembly polls Joti says. 12.04 pm: Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti has begun addressing a press conference to announce the dates. Remember as soon as the dates are announced the Model Code of Conduct comes into pressure inside the three states. Eleven.53 am: The voters list was currently posted for the state of Meghalaya displaying girls electorate outnumbering guys. Women make up 50.Four in keeping with cent of the registered electorate reviews PTI. There are 18 30 104 citizens of which 9 23 848 are girls. No one registered beneath the 0.33 gender choice. Meghalaya with a populace of three.2 million people has a literacy rate of 74.Four per cent. 11.50 am: The dates for the polls are possibly to be introduced shortly in a press convention. Eleven.10 am: In Nagaland the Naga People s Front is at the helm of the 60-member Nagaland Assembly. The BJP gained 4 seats even as the JD(U) bagged one within the remaining election in 2013. Ahead of the polls the BJP has accused the Manik Sarkar-led authorities of misrule. Party president Amit Shah had said The situation in Tripura has long past from bad to worse inside the closing 25 years of Communist misrule. The Communists have unleashed poverty and unemployment every time and anyplace they're in electricity. The human beings of the country are desperately searching out trade and want improvement which may be added handiest through a BJP authorities. 11.00 am: The 60-member Tripura Assembly is beneath the CPI(M) authorities. The BJP and Congress will look to consolidate their positions within the House with currently simply seven and seats respectively. 10.Forty am: The Meghalaya House which also accommodates 60 seats is presently headed by using a Congress authorities which had won 29 seats within the 2013 legislative Assembly election. Meghalaya is one of the handiest 5 states presently governed by means of the Congress making this election important for the birthday party to win. 10.30 am: The ballot dates for Meghalaya Mizoram and Nagaland are being announced first as their Assemblies expire in March. The tenure of the Karnataka Assembly ends in May Mizoram in December and Chattisgarh Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in January 2019. 10.00 am: The Election Commission of India is anticipated to announce the schedule for elections to 3 states nowadays. Of the 8 states going to polls this year the Houses of Meghalaya Tripura and Nagaland expire in March. Follow our stay weblog for news at the dates of vote casting counting and outcomes to the three states here. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: Election Commission Meghalaya Nagaland Tripura VV.BhagirathKumarJan 18 2018 at 12:35 pmDownfall of BJP can be clear in 2018. INC will advantage in Tripura Meghalaya Nagaland. INC will win in Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Chattisgarh. In Karnataka there can be hung Assembly. Mizoram is a small nation in which INC have an edge. Demonetization will prove awful for BJP in this yr 2018 indicating Congress Government at center in 2019. NaMo yatra leads to 2018 this yr 2018 a bad year for Modi.(15)(five) Reply 1. Assemblies in Meghalaya Nagaland and Tripura are set to run out on March 6 thirteen and 14 respectively. The electricity of the 3 assemblies is 60 participants each. 2. The ECI is already walking delayed in pronouncing the dates. For the 2013 elections dates were declared on January eleven. 3. Pending peace agreement with rebel organizations in Nagaland and problem of alleged dubious voters in Tripura is said to be the motive for barely behind schedule announcement. 4. The Tripura BJP unit had earlier complained to EC about one lakh faux names in the electoral rolls. 5. Tripura currently has a left government headed with the aid of CPI (M) with Manik Sarkar as the chief minister (CM). 6. Whereas Nagaland has BJP in energy in alliance with Naga People Front (NPF). TR Zeliang is the incumbent CM due to the fact that July 2017. 7. Amid popular call for in Nagaland for suspending the assembly election due next month till the Centre publicizes a solution to the Naga trouble EC has requested the Assam Rifles to increase its presence inside the 1643-km-long Indo-Myanmar border to save you Indian militants based totally in the neighbouring united states from sneaking across the border and creating disturbance in ballot -bound nation. 8. Janta Dal (United) aka JDU has determined to contest meeting polls alone in Nagaland. The birthday party is presently in alliance with NPF and BJP within the nation. 9. Meghalaya is one of the few states left in the u . S . A . With a Congress authorities in energy. Mukul Sangma is the nation s modern CM. In an interview with TOI Sangma accused BJP of imposing RSS time table if it involves strength inside the nation. 10. http://www.tripntale.com/profile/106403 Amid ongoing political dust-slinging in Meghalaya BJP obtained foremost boost ahead of the elections in Christian majority country after four MLAs (inclusive of one from Congress) joined the saffron birthday party ultimate December. 12:52 (IST) In Tripura BJP may ally with tribal celebration Talks among the BJP and the Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (IBFT) had been effective and a selection on an alliance with the tribal celebration could be taken via the vital management Tripura BJP chief Biplab Deb told PTI. He additionally made it clean that his birthday celebration does not support the IPFT s call for for a separate kingdom for the tribal populace and talks have centered on enhancing socio-monetary conditions of tribals. Talks were fantastic. Decision on any alliance might be taken via the critical management he told PTI. Written by Ritika Chopra 46 am The upcoming kingdom elections in Meghalaya Tripura and Nagaland are the first to be held after the electoral bond scheme become notified via the government this month. (Express picture: Prem Nath Pandey) Indicating a clear change in its stance months after the Election Commission (EC) expressed reservations about electoral bonds Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A K Joti on Thursday defined the scheme as one step towards the right direction. In an interview to The Indian Express final 12 months Joti s predecessor Nasim Zaidi had stated that the Commission feels electoral bonds will impact transparency (in poll investment) negatively . That apart the EC in its submission to the Standing Committee on Personnel Public Grievances Law and Justice in May 2017 when Joti became one of the Commissioners had objected to the amendments within the Representation of the People (RP) Act which exempt political parties from disclosing donations acquired via electoral bonds. It had described the circulate as a retrograde step . In a letter written to the Law Ministry the same month the Commission had even asked the authorities to rethink and alter the above modification. Joti became CEC in July last 12 months. Explained paintings how obvious they ll actually be Asked what had modified he stated: Nothing has changed what I am announcing is that now there may be virtual and banking path of donations. That is one step in the direction of the right path. I actually have now not said that it will resolve all issues. The notification has taken location best few days again. So permit it be rolled out after which we can get accurate feedback (on its impact). The upcoming nation elections in Meghalaya Tripura and Nagaland are the primary to be held after the electoral bond scheme changed into notified by using the authorities this month. These are hobby-unfastened bearer instruments (like Promissory Notes) on the way to be available for buy from the State Bank of India within a designated window of 10 days in each zone of the economic yr. Also study Assembly elections 2018: In 3 Northeast states a struggling Congress an optimistic BJP At the time of its declaration in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley s Budget speech final year electoral bonds were understood to be a manner for groups to make nameless donations. However the satisfactory print of the notification has revealed that even individuals agencies of individuals NGOs spiritual and other trusts are authorised to donate via electoral bonds with out disclosing their details. This approach voters will now not recognize which character employer or company has funded which birthday party and to what extent. Before the advent of electoral bonds political events had to disclose information of all donors who have donated more than Rs 20 000. The Finance Minister has defended the scheme on the ground that it will encourage political donations of easy money and some element of transparency would be added in as tons as all donors claim in their bills the quantity of bonds that they have got purchased and all events declare the quantum of bonds that they've acquired . For all of the modern-day India News download Indian Express App Tags: Election Commission RR PandyaJan 19 2018 at 1:00 pmCritics of poll bonds mainly political events have to propose higher options than handiest criticising the Poll Bonds. Stopping black money flows to political events or preventing political events from the usage of unaccounted cash is the aim. Every frame which include media need to make contributions in reforming present corrupt machine.(zero)(1) Reply S Suchindranath AiyerJan 19 2018 at 11:38 amBJP is Khangress in saffron clothing. Electoral bonds is a round about manner of persevering with what always become: Funding the crook and corrupt electoral device gerry mandered by using caste tribe and community set up on the grounds that 1947.(2)(zero) Reply blackpower 666Jan 19 2018 at 10:fifty seven amFAKENDRANATH s ability for corruption is endless and this is but another faux feather on his corrupt cap(1)(0) Reply Truth TruthJan 19 2018 at nine:28 amWhat do you anticipate from the Thugs of Gujarat------Feku Fatty Joti Urjit Ambani Adani -------Each scratching the back of the opposite ???(20)(1) Reply Atul GurtuJan 19 2018 at 8:58 amTwo points: 1) It s the citizens who ought to understand which individual or company en y has contributed how an awful lot to a political celebration in order that the later quid pro quo can be judged and a pair of) with SBI being a nationalized financial institution it s quite sure that the authorities of the day will come to realize which character or corporate has contributed to which competition birthday celebration leading to a reluctance of big donors to make contributions to competition events as they could be penalized if the incumbent authorities again wins. Thus it s a decidedly partisan scheme designed to desire the authorities of the day.(38)(0) Reply Load More Comments BENGALURU: The assembly polls in Karnataka might be IT friendly and modern-day an Election Commission crew that held discussions with state officers approximately preparation for the polls stated these days. The assembly polls are due early this yr. This time elections will be very very IT pleasant and contemporary senior deputy election commissioner Umesh Sinha said. We want that no voter should face any problem and to do this extra than 3 dozen apps that we've will be used at some point of the training of the ballot and at time of counting or statement of effects he said. He stated all citizens the media and stakeholders can get admission to it. The team of officials from the Election Commission of India that has been tenting within the metropolis because Monday nighttime has had distinctive and comprehensive overview of election preparedness with nation machinery and Chief Electoral Officer. It has additionally reviewed the preparations by way of District Election Officers SPs and other departmental officials and have had consultations with the political events to know about their comments or worries. Karnataka Chief Secretary DGP and different senior officers were a part of the review. Deputy Election Commissioner Sandeep Saxena explained the usage of Information Technology for the backroom control of the approaching polls. It might be used for redress of grievances and complaints from residents and stakeholders and single window clearance for campaign related permissions in a time certain manner among others. All these will make election procedure effective efficient transparent unfastened and honest he brought. Expressing the fee s desire that elections be held in a unfastened fair and inclusive way Sinha stated arrangements are on for it and a detailed listing of objects on which the arrangements needs to be performed has also been finalised. He stated Karnataka has had excessive turnout of voters approximately seventy one per cent. It should be an awful lot better if every and each voter s name is registered and their names seem at the electoral rolls he added. A huge consciousness drive will also be launched approximately Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) along with mock trials he stated. A digital atlas maps could be prepared where you will witness the entire electoral map of the country like assembly constituency and polling stations officials said. Karnataka has 30 districts and 33 election districts with 224 meeting constituencies. Out of overall assembly constituencies 36 are reserved for SCs and 15 for STs. The general wide variety of voters within the nation as of now's 4.90 crore and quantity of polling stations is fifty six 694. Speaking on the strict implementation of the Model Code of Conduct and expenditure tracking Sinha said conferences have been held with Income Tax and Excise branch and different departments worried in enforcement. Also media tracking committees at district degree might be setup to keep track on paid information instances Sinha brought. About suggestions from parties on quantity of levels in which elections are to be held Sinha said a few have asked for single some have asked for double section as a way to rely on the assessment of state of affairs and availability of CRPF and different elements. It s early to comment on Puducherry four:27 pm AIADMK s leader Anbalagan stated the celebration will supply 15 days time to the MLAs after that they may send a petition to ECI (File) Related News AAP MLAs disqualification row: Manish Sisodia requests President to listen his birthday party s viewNagaland Assembly election: Soon after statement of dates Naga Hoho says it won t permit pollsAAP MLAs face disqualification Election Commission tells President they held workplace for profitThe AIADMK Saturday stated it might are searching for disqualification of ruling Congress and DMK legislators in Puducherry for holding office of earnings in view of the Election Commission s decision to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs in New Delhi on similar grounds. Addressing journalists right here the celebration s legislature wing leader A Anbalagan stated the office of income axe has fallen on 20 AAP MLAs in New Delhi with EC sending its advice to the President suggesting their disqualification. The improvement in New Delhi is at once relevant to Puducherry in which the legislators belonging to the ruling Congress and its best friend the DMK are keeping office of profits along with chairmen of government-owned undertakings and Parliamentary Secretary he alleged. Anbalagan stated AIADMK will give 15 days time to the MLAs to alleviate themselves of posts of chairmen and Parliamentary Secretary if you want to continue to be most effective as legislators as my purpose isn't always to disturb them. The celebration could send a petition to ECI after the lapse of 15 day-deadline he added. While one Congress legislator is the parliamentary secretary to Chief Minister V Narayanasamy two DMK contributors and 5 belonging to the Congress were appointed chairmen of statutory bodies right here. The Election Commission had the day gone by advocated to the President the disqualification of 20 MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party for holding office of income setting the stage for their ouster from the New Delhi Assembly. Questioning the move to associate Puducherry BJP President V Saminathan with the inauguration of a Passport office in Karaikal the AIADMK leader said Narayanasamy had not registered protest in opposition to inclusion of the call of BJP president in both the reputable invitation and additionally the plaque erected at the venue of the function. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had unveiled the plaque of the Post Office Passport Seva Kendra in Karaikal the day before today. Anbalagan additionally claimed that there were several lapses within the protocol to be adopted in a government feature. For all of the ultra-modern India News down load Indian Express App More Related News 20 AAP MLAs face disqualification: No due manner panel decided without hearings former CEC frowns EC recommends disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs over office of earnings rate Tags: AIADMK Election Commission No Comments. In a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party authorities in Uttarakhand that got here to energy in March the Election Commission of India has requested the Central Board of Direct Taxes to revaluate the immovable residences declared by way of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in his poll affidavit.In a letter addressed to the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes the Election Commission wrote: I am directed to consult the subject referred to and to ahead herewith a duplicate of the criticism dated 30 October 2017 acquired from Sh Raghunath Singh Negi Dehradun for re-valuation of the immovable homes of Sh Trivendra Singh Rawat which have been declared within the affidavit provided in the Legislative Assembly election of Uttarakhand in 2017. A file may be despatched to the Commission in this regard. The letter was issued on December 19 a day after the outcomes of Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh had been introduced. The BJP retained Gujarat with a lower tally of seats than inside the closing elections and wrested Himachal Pradesh from the Congress prevailing forty four out of 68 seats.The criticism towards Rawat become filed by means of former BJP chief Raghunath Singh Negi. He has accused Rawat of grossly undervaluing several plots of land owned with the aid of him within the affidavit he provided to the Election Commission in January as a BJP candidate for the elections. He has also alleged that Rawat lied about his age inside the affidavit.Furnishing false records in an election affidavit draws a jail sentence of up to six months and/or a nice below segment 125(A) of the Representation of People Act of 1951.Amit Shah s key manRawat who changed into a pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh until 2002 gained the election from Doiwala Assembly constituency in Dehradun defeating Congress candidate Hari Singh Bisht by way of 24 000 votes.Rawat is taken into consideration close to BJP chief Amit Shah with many commentators speculating that this proximity were given him the leader minister s submit. When Shah turned into given price of Uttar Pradesh throughout the 2014 Lok Sabha elections Rawat served as one in all his 4 lieutenants in the politically crucial country. Rawat is also credited with having a hand inside the BJP s victory in the 2014 Jharkhand elections wherein he was Shah s pointsman.Corruption case Rawat s first brush with controversy got here in 2010 when he was agriculture minister inside the preceding BJP authorities in Uttarakhand. He changed into implicated in alleged irregularities in the agriculture branch s purchase of Dhaincha (inexperienced manure crop) seeds which were intended for distribution to farmers. The Congress authorities that sooner or later came to energy ordered an research inside the count however it remained inconclusive.The Congress highlighted Rawat s alleged involvement within the case while he turned into named leader minister. But inside months of taking price of the state the inquiry fee s record changed into tabled inside the Assembly and Rawat received a smooth chit. The Congress protested saying the report became tabled after the enterprise schedule of the House turned into abruptly modified past due at night and the birthday party s legislators were no longer informed about the exchange. It accused the authorities of legislative manoeuvring .In the matter of Rawat s poll affidavit the Election Commission s letter does not point out a time frame for the Central Board of Direct Taxes to publish its file. But inside the event of a bad locating Rawat may find it tough to keep on to the chief minister s chair.