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'Egregious, blatantly unlawful': Cong challenges RS rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan
Congress on Wednesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to immediately reverse the rejection of its Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination from Madhya Pradesh, calling the poll body's decision 'egregious' and 'blatantly unlawful'. A delegation of senior Congress leaders, including KC Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Deepa Dasmunshi, Vivek Tankha and Abhishek Singhvi, met Election Commission officials in New Delhi and argued that Natarajan's nomination had been...
‘Permanent class of excluded Indians’: Owaisi slams Centre over SIR
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PM Pashinyan’s party wins Armenia election, preliminary results show
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'Democracy killed': Cong erupts after RS nomination rejected — chaos at EC office; BJP hits back
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South Korean protesters keep calling for re-run of election after ballot shortage
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Johor state assembly dissolved, paving way for snap polls within 60 days
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South Korea election chief quits over ballot paper shortages
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RS polls: EC likely to hear Congress tomorrow over last-minute rejection of Natarajan's nomination
The Election Commission is likely to meet a Congress delegation on Wednesday over the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh. This comes after Congress leaders protested outside the EC office in Delhi after the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha election rejected Natarajan's nomination on the grounds that she had allegedly concealed information about a case in her affidavit. Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal,...
Malaysia mulls special immigration lane for Johor voters in Singapore returning for upcoming state polls
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Armenia's election offers a choice between Russia and EU
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