EC announces bypoll in 1 Wb, 6 assembly seats
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday announced bypoll to one lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal and six Assembly seats in as many States. Bypoll to Bangaon lok Sabha seat in West Bengal and liromoba (Arunachal Pradesh), Panaji (Goa), Srirangam (Tamil Nadu), Krishnaganj (West Bengal), Mukhed (Maharashtra) and Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) Assembly seats will be held on February 1. Bypoll to Bangaon lok Sabha seat was necessitated following the death of sitting TMC MP Kapil Krishna Thakur last year; bypoll to Panaji Assembly was necessitated after the then Goa Chief Minister Manokhar Parrikar was shifted to the Centre. The Srirangam Assembly seat fell vacant after the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was convicted in a graft case and disqualified as a member of the State Assembly.
EC: zero tolerance against hate speeches
New Delhi: Warning political leaders against making hate speeches, the Election Commission on Monday said there will be strict and “ruthless” enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct during Delhi polls and it will have zero tolerance against such occurrences.”Any statement made before the Model Code is one thing. Any statement made after the enforcement of the Model Code is another...There cannot be any advance ruling on the issue. Ruling can be made when it happens...There will be strict and ruthless enforcement of the code,” Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath told a Press conference here.
parekh new bae chief of indian subsidiary
New Delhi: India-BAE Systems has appointed Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC, as a non-executive Director and Chairman of its Indian subsidiary, BAE Systems India (Services) Private limited. Parekh has in the past been a member of the company’s independent advisory board
for India.