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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

May 09, 2019

No Talks of Pact with KCR

As per senior BJP leader Muralidhar Rao, the Bharatiya Janata Party has not held any discussions on a post-poll alliance with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi or the YSR Congress as the party was confident of winning a clear majority and forming a government at the Centre.

Can Back Rahul for PM

Chief Minister and the Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal said that he would support Congress president Rahul Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate if the latter backed full statehood for Delhi.
As per Mr. Kejriwal, whichever party forms the next government, excluding the BJP, will have AAP's support only if it supports AAP on the issue of full statehood for Delhi.

Stick to July 31 Deadline for Final NRC

The Supreme Court asked Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) Co-ordinator Prateek Hajela to act with "wise discretion" while dealing with people who had failed to appear for scheduled hearings on their objections filed against exclusion from the draft NRC.
Mr. Hajela reported to a Special Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton F. Nariman that objections' hearings have started but objectors are not appearing in most cases.
The Chief Justice told Mr. Hajela to take whatever action was necessary in the cases of the absentee 'objectors'. The decisions taken should be free and fair, keeping the law in mind. "But whatever you do, do it by July 31".

Re-polling in One Polling Booth in Puducherry

The Election Commission of India declared "void" the polling held in the second phase at polling station no-10, Kamaraj Nagar assembly segment of the Puducherry Parliamentary constituency.
The EC issued an order saying that the re-polling will be held on May 12 between 7 am to 6 pm.

Re-poll in 13 Booths

The Election Commission has ordered re-polling in 13 polling booths in various districts across the State on May 19. On the same day, by-polls to four Assembly constituencies are to be held.
Besides the eight polling booths in Dharmapuri district and one each in Cuddalore and Tiruvallur districts where re-polling had been recommended, two polling booths in Theni district and one in Erode district would also go for re-polling.

May 08, 2019

AAP's Specific Manifestos for Delhi

Combating pollution and access to higher educational institutions were two key promises highlighted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in their area specific manifestos for South Delhi and North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies released on Tuesday.
Lok Sabha candidates from South Delhi, Raghav Chadha, and North West Delhi, Gugan Singh, released separate poll manifestos in the presence of party's Delhi convener Gopal Rai in central Delhi.
While Chadha focused on "tackling pollution" and "better access to water" in his manifesto, the North West Delhi candidate Singh assured construction of new education institutions and improved connectivity in the rural belt in his poll manifesto.
Chadha said that if his party wins all Lok Sabha seats it will coordinate with relevant ministries to create new congestionfree connectivity corridors and implement a sustainable model of pollution control, which will be funded by "Raghav Young Environmentalist Fund".

SC Rejects Plea for 50% Voting Slip Verification

A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi refused to entertain a petition from 21 opposition parties that asked for matching the counts of at least half the electronic voter machines used with the output of VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) machines.
The opposition parties wanted the court to review its April 8 order increasing physical verification of VVPAT machines from one to five electronic voting machines (EVMs) in each assembly segment of a Lok Sabha constituency.
The court dismissed the review petition in minutes.
Though the exercise of matching EVM results with paper trail machine slips was being held in various assembly elections, this is the first time it will be undertaken in Lok Sabha polls.

May 07, 2019

Fifth Phase Ends amid Violence

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election across 51 constituencies in seven States witnessed several incidents of violence in West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir.
The overall tentative turnout stood at 63.26% as against 61.75% in 2014.
More than 81% of the polling stations in this phase were located in rural areas. With the conclusion of this round, 78% of the Lok Sabha election is now over.

CJI Gets a Clean Chit

The Justice S. A. Bobde in-house committee has found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations levelled by a former Supreme Court staff member against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
A statement issued by the Supreme Court said that the committee's report would be kept confidential. As part of the in-house procedure, the report would not be placed in the public domain.

May 06, 2019

Tamil Nadu Gives Rs. 10 crore

The Tamil Nadu government has announced Rs. 10 crore as immediate contribution for relief work in the cyclone-hit Odisha.
The money was drawn from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund. Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said that Tamil Nadu would render any other assistance as required.

May 05, 2019

Campaigning for Fifth Phase Ends

Campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election ended. Fifty-one constituencies, across seven states, will go to polls in the fifth phase.
Voting will take place in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, 7 each in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 5 in Bihar and 4 in Jharkhand.
In Jammu and Kashmir, polling will also take place in 3 districts of Anantnag constituency in Ladakh and Pulwama and Shopian.

Can't Hold Local Body Polls Now

The Tamil Nadu government conveyed to the Supreme Court its inability to conduct the local body elections owing to the lack of district officials who are busy with the Lok Sabha election.
The State pointed to the State Election Commission's suggestion to hold the elections after three months.

India's Highest Electoral Battleground

It's the first election in the Ladakh division after it was split as an administrative block from the Kashmir division earlier this year under Governor's Rule.
The 1.74 lakh voters live in rugged mountains and in cold deserts spread over a massive area of 59,196 sq.km.
It is the country's highest electoral battleground, located as it is at an altitude of 9,800 feet above the sea level.

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