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Karnataka CM urges ECI to extend SIR claims period, ensure due process amid possible 1.5 crore deletions
Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has urged the Election Commission of India to extend the claims and objections period, ensure mandatory Ward Committee and Gram Sabha verification, give voters three to four weeks to respond to notices, and increase electoral manpower, warning that compressed timelines could leave genuine voters facing disenfranchisement during SIR
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In a detailed memorandum to the Election Commission of India, the Congress alleges arbitrary deletion of voters, suspicious additions of over 47 lakh names to the rolls that benefited the BJP-led alliance. The party demands an urgent investigation to ensure transparency and restore public confidence in electoral integrity.
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Right wing’s assault on mosques intensifies: UP Court to hear petition on Budaun’s Shamsi Shahi Mosque amid growing trend of similar targeting of minority...
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