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Modi, Shah, and Fadnavis collaborated to Defeat Gadkari in Nagpur, According to Sanjay Raut.

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Maharashtra BJP leaders believe Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s Nitin Gadkari charges have gone beyond civility.

Sanjay Raut, leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT), has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis attempted to defeat Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency during the elections.

“Gadkari yancha Nagpurat parabhav vhava yasathi Modi, Shah, Fadnavis ekatra ale, prayatna kele (To ensure Gadkari’s defeat in Nagpur, Modi, Shah and Fadnavis came together and made attempts),” the MP wrote in his weekly column in the Sena newspaper, Saamna.

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Raut went on to write that Fadnavis only campaigned for Gadkari when it became clear that the Union Minister would not be defeated.
“Parabhav hoot nahi yachi khatri patlyawar Fadnavis, hey nailajani Nagpurat pracharala utarle.” (When it became clear Gadkari would not be beaten, Fadnavis had no choice except to advocate for him)”.

Raut, the executive editor of Saamna, also said in his column that “if Amit Shah gets power again, he will finish Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath”. In Uttar Pradesh, the campaign, he stated, “Yogi ko bachana hain tau Modi ko jana hain (If you have to save Yogi Adityanath, Modi has to go)”.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader’s statements sparked a heated reaction from the state BJP, which dismissed them as ludicrous.

Senior BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said, “Sanjay Raut has this habit of making sensational statements. But this time he has made ridiculous allegations that are not only false but utter nonsense.”

State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule said, “Sanjay Raut is known for making statements which are never based on facts. This time he has crossed all the limits of decency by making wild and baseless allegations.”

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Bawankule further said that Raut should focus on his own party, which the BJP leader said had been reduced to a handful of members. “After the results on June 4, even those with the Shiv Sena (UBT) may not remain,” he added.

Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport and highways, is seeking re-election from the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, where polling took place in the first phase, on April 19. The contest was between the BJP’s Gadkari and the Congress’s Vikas Thakre.

Andhra Pradesh Elections 2024 LIVE Updates, Average Voter Turnout at 9 a.m. for L.S. Polls is 9.05%.

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AP Elections 2024 According to an Election Commission app, Andhra Pradesh saw 9.05 percent of voters come out for the 25 Lok Sabha seats and 9.21 percent for the 175-seat Assembly as of 9 a.m. on Monday.
In the state, polling is set to take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., except a few locations where it will end an hour or two early.

Governor S Abdul Nazeer, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu along with their respective family members, were among the early voters in Andhra Pradesh on Monday.

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Visakhapatnam records 20.47% voting till 11 a.m.

Visakhapatnam records 20.47% voting in the first four hours (7 a.m. to 11 a.m.). 

There was an increase in 10% voting in the last two hours. The west constituency recorded the highest 25.02% voting, followed by the East constituency with 23.01% voting. 

Similarly, Gajuwaka and Bheemunipatnam recorded 21.65% and 21.80% respectively. Voting in South constituency which recorded just around 4% by 9 a.m. has significantly improved to 17.22% by 11 a.m.

The YSRCP is contesting in all 175 Assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha segments in the state.

As part of a seat-sharing deal among NDA partners, the TDP was allocated 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies while the BJP is contesting from six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats.

The actor Pawan Kalyan-led Janasena is contesting two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats.

Percentage of voting till 9 a.m.

As per the figures, 9.5% of voting was recorded in the Visakhapatnam district. 10.25% of voting was recorded in the Anakapalli district and 10% of voting was recorded in the Alluri district.

Politics Today: Eleven States will be Vote on 93 seats in Phase 3.

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Politics Today: Plus, PM in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra; Priyanka Gandhi in Amethi, Rae Bareli

We are almost three weeks into the seven-phase Lok Sabha election process this summer. On Tuesday, in the third phase, voters in 93 seats across 11 states and UTs will cast their votes. Following this, a total of 283 seats would have wrapped up polling, while five states — Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, and Gujarat — would have fully completed their voting procedures.

The 2019 results in these seats indicate that the BJP practically swept the regions that vote today.

The BJP alone had won 71 of these 93 seats, with the Congress far behind at 4.

There are a total of 1,332 candidates in the fray on Tuesday. The BJP has fielded the most candidates in this phase at 82, followed by the BSP at 79 and the Congress at 68. With 25 seats in Gujarat going to polls, the state has the most candidates contesting at 266, followed by Maharashtra (11 seats) at 258 and Karnataka (14 seats) at 227. Of the 241 candidates with criminal cases, Maharashtra has the most such candidates at 67, followed by Karnataka at 37 and Gujarat at 36. In Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and Goa, a quarter of the candidates are facing criminal cases. Among the major parties, the Congress has the most candidates with criminal cases, at 26 or 38% of all its candidates in the third phase, followed by the BJP at 22 or 27%. There are also 103 Independents with criminal cases.

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Politics Today One thing that will be tracked on Tuesday is the voting percentages. The Election Commission (EC) has recently acknowledged the dip in voting turnouts this time — under 4 percentage points for the first phase of elections and under 3 percentage points for the second phase compared to the 2019 elections — and expressed disappointment about the polling percentage in some metropolitan cities in the second phase, attributing it to “rigid levels of apathy” in urban seats.

In the first two phases, urban seats, which have traditionally registered low turnouts, did not move the needle even this time. The voting percentage decreased further. Among them was Ghaziabad, which experienced a decrease of 6 percentage points from 55.88% in 2019 to 49.88% this time. Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 53.63%, down from 60.4% in 2019.

Additionally, Bangalore Central and Bangalore South, which also voted on April 26, saw turnouts of 54.06% and 53.17% respectively, compared to 54.31% and 53.69% in the last election.

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PM Modi Schedule

After casting his vote in the Gandhinagar Politics Today Lok Sabha seat, the PM will travel to two states for campaigning.

First, he will be in Madhya Pradesh, addressing public rallies at Khargone (10:30 am) and Dhar (12:15). Of the 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP won all but one in 2019. Chhindwara was the lone seat that the Congress managed to win.

It remains to be seen if the BJP will manage to retain the same tally this time.

Later in the day, the PM will be in Maharashtra for a rally in Politics Today Ahmadnagar (3:30 pm) and a roadshow in Beed (5:30).

The state, which sends the second highest number of parliamentarians — 48 — to the Lok Sabha after Uttar Pradesh sends 80 MPs, has turned into a major fighting ground for the BJP, which is eyeing 45 seats in the state and 370-plus seats across the country.

The PM and the BJP’s focus on Maharashtra is visible. The PM has already held a dozen rallies and has six more rallies lined up.

In 2014 and 2019 — when the BJP won 282 seats and 303 seats, respectively — Maharashtra contributed 41 seats each through its BJP-Shiv Sena alliance. This year, however, the political dynamics have changed and the BJP is banking heavily on its allies — Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

That Maharashtra is proving to be a difficult turf is evident with the party extending Modi’s rallies in constituencies, which were considered safe. In the previous elections, Modi held 142 rallies across the country, including nine in the state but had skipped Pune, Baramati, Nashik, Aurangabad, Sangli, Raigad, and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.

Congress Programs

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be heading to Jharkhand to address programs in the Singhbhum and Lohardhaga constituencies.

AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be touring the crucial Rae Bareli and Amethi seats.

After weeks of suspense and uncertainty, the Congress announced its candidates for the traditional Gandhi family seats of Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on May 3

Rahul switched to Rae Bareli, perhaps a safer seat than Amethi, from where he lost to Union minister Smriti Irani in 2019, while Priyanka was not fielded. Politics Today Amethi, the party fielded Kishori Lal Sharma, an influential representative of the Nehru-Gandhi family in the two seats for over two decades.

It will be after 25 years that no Gandhi Politics Today will be in the fray from Amethi. Sonia made her electoral debut from here back in 1999, a year after she took over as Congress president. In 2004, she shifted to Rae Bareli, making way for Rahul to make his electoral debut from the seat.

According to Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, Raghav Chadha may have “lost eyesight” about AAP MP.

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Bharadwaj gave assurance that Raghav Chadha’s dedication to the campaign is unwavering, even in light of his health issues. He promised to return shortly, prepared to help the party in its endeavors.

Leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Minister for Delhi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, announced on Tuesday that party colleague Raghav Chadha is not participating in the Lok Sabha election campaign because to serious eye issues. According to Bharadwaj, Chadha, the AAP member of the Rajya Sabha, could as well have lost his sight.

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He is located in the UK. Regarding Chadha, who has been in London for more than two months, Bharadwaj stated, “There was a problem in his eyes, and I was informed that it was crucial that he might have lost his eyesight as well.

Bharadwaj reassured that despite his health challenges, Chadha’s commitment to the campaign remains unwavering. He will return soon, ready to contribute to the party’s efforts, he said during a press conference.

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Earlier, the news agency PTI citing party sources that Chadha would undergo a vitrectomy surgery in the United Kingdom to prevent the eye’s retinal detachment. As per the report, this condition, characterized by the development of small holes in the retina, is extremely dangerous for vision and needs to be treated right away to avoid permanent damage.

AAP leader Chadha has been conspicuously absent from recent political events. His absence has been felt, especially during a time when the party has faced several difficulties, such as the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the party’s national convenor in connection with the Liquor Policy Scam.

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But in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha Elections, Chadha has been sharing remarks from Sunita Kejriwal, Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, and news conferences from the AAP on social media.

After meeting British Labour politician Preet Kaur Gill, who is well-known for her “advocacy of Khalistan separatism” and anti-India views on social media, during his visit to the UK last month, Chadha found himself in a heated situation.

Chadha’s wife, actor Parineeti Chopra, was back in India ahead of the release of her Netflix movie Amar Singh Chamkila; the AAP leader stayed in London.

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Chadha is among AAP’s 40-star campaigners; jailed leaders Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and Satyendar Jain are also on the list. The AAP is contesting the Lok Sabha Election in Delhi, Haryana, and Gujarat in alliance with the Congress party. In Punjab, where AAP is in power, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is contesting the elections for 13 seats on its own.

BJP mega Hanuman Chalisa recitation events across 13,000 polling booths on Hanuman Janmotsav.

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Mass Hanuman Chalisa recitations by the Bharatiya Janata Party at polling places coincide with a fervent electoral campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. The national capital’s seven seats are targeted for retention by the Delhi BJP.

On the occasion of Hanuman Janmotsav on Tuesday, the Delhi BJP will conduct a mass reading of the Hanuman Chalisa throughout the 13,000 polling places in the nation’s capital. At the booths, the Hanuman Chalisa recitation will start at 6:00 p.m.

All of the MP candidates running for the national capital will be present at various sites in Delhi, along with State President Virendra Sachdeva, organization general secretary Pawan Rana, and election coordinator Om Prakash Dhankhar for the Lok Sabha.

“On April 23, the auspicious day of Shri Hanuman Janmotsav, Delhi BJP activists are arranging a recital of the Hanuman Chalisa at 5:30 p.m. at all of the booths in Delhi. I kindly ask everyone in Delhi to participate in the sacred recital of the Hanuman Chalisa. The basic values of humanity—truth, courage, dedication, and service—are inspired by Hanuman ji, Sachdeva wrote on X.

In his greetings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished everyone a happy Hanuman Janmotsav.

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India votes The first round of the Lok Sabha elections seals fate.

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In India, more than 100 million voters participated in the Lok Sabha election first phase. The estimated turnout ranged from 64 to 65%. There were reports of violence in various areas.

In the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, over 100 million voters from 21 states and Union territories exercised their right to vote in 102 constituencies, marking the start of the largest democratic exercise in history, which will see nearly a billion people cast ballots over the next six weeks.

In Bahona village, Jorhat, Assam, on Friday, a woman casts her ballot during the first round of voting in the national election of India. (AP)
In Bahona village, Jorhat, Assam, on Friday, a woman casts her ballot during the first round of voting in the national election of India. (AP)
According to a top Election Commission of India (ECI) official, the preliminary turnout was between 64% and 65%.

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It is expected to rise once the final numbers are tallied by ECI by Saturday morning, as long queues were seen outside polling booths when voting officially closed at 6pm. In 2019, the turnout in these seats stood at 69.4%.

The EC, in a statement, said, “[V]oters reaching the Polling stations till the end of polling hour are allowed to cast their vote. Final figures will be known tomorrow after the scrutiny of form 17A.” Form 17A is the register of voters for every polling station.

The highest turnout was reported from Tripura West constituency in Tripura, where the contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Biplab Kumar Deb and Congress’s Asish Kumar Saha.

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The lowest turnout was reported from Nawada in Bihar, where Vivek Thakur (BJP), Shravan Kushwaha (Rashtriya Janata Dal), and Ranjit Kumar (Bahujan Samaj Party) are in contest.

The first phase — which is also the largest of seven phases — saw all seats from Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Puducherry go to the polls.

The other six phases will take place over the next six weeks, with the results on June 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a historic third consecutive term, hoping to become only the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to achieve this feat.

“First phase, great response! Thank you to all those who have voted today. Getting EXCELLENT feedback from today’s voting. It’s clear that people across India are voting for NDA in record numbers,” Modi tweeted late on Friday.

BJP lawmaker Sudhanshu Trivedi said there is a wave of support in favor of PM Modi and it was evident from the voter turnout in the first phase.

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“By the end of the first phase, one more thing became clear… Rahul Gandhi has still not been able to muster the courage to file nomination from Amethi,” he said, adding that the BJP is confident that it will be successful in increasing its victory margin by winning more seats in the first phase than the last time.

The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is hoping to use a mix of regional leaders, local issues, and discontent over jobs to deny the BJP a third straight victory.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged voters to cast their ballots carefully and asserted that a new era of economic empowerment and equal opportunities beckons them.

“The fight to protect our Constitution and Democracy begins today,” he said in a post on X.

“My dear citizens, from 21 States and UTs who are voting in the First Phase of the Lok Sabha elections, I request you to carefully cast your vote. A future where NYAY (justice) awaits you. A new era of Economic Empowerment and Equal Opportunities beckons you,” the Congress chief said.

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Focus was also on the 12 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan, where the other 13 go to the polls in the next phase. The BJP had swept Rajasthan in 2019 and is contesting all seats. The Congress, on the other hand, is contesting 22 and left three for its alliance partners Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP). The state recorded a turnout of 57.3%, compared to 63.9% in 2019.

In Uttar Pradesh, eight seats in the western part of the state went to the polls. The state recorded a turnout of 59.8%, compared to 66.6% in 2019.

In Assam, five of the 14 seats went to the polls. The state recorded a turnout of 72.4%, but a comparison with previous elections was not possible because of seats being redrawn.

In the Maoist-ravaged Bastar, an assistant commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) sustained injuries when a pressure cooker bomb planted by Maoists exploded and a CRPF jawan died in an accidental grenade explosion during an area domination exercise.

The seat — the only one to go the polls in Chhattisgarh on Friday — recorded a turnout of 67.1%, compared to 66.2%in 2019.

For the first time, people in 56 villages in Bastar in Chhattisgarh cast their vote in polling booths set up in their villages, said the poll body in its statement.

The poll body pointed out that in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, voters belonging to the tribal communities came out in large numbers. The Shompen tribe of Great Nicobar made history by casting a vote for the first time.

In 2019, the general elections recorded a turnout of 67%, the highest since the first election in 1951-52.

Removed Art. 370, BJP will now win 370 seats

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The ambitious goal set by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to win 370 seats in the Lok Sabha by 2024, which is 67 seats more than they did in 2019. This will enable it to surpass the 400 mark, another ambitious goal for its National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The BJP has won 282 and 303 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha in 2014 and 2019, respectively.

The objective of 370 has been associated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the repeal of Article 370 in the former state of J&K. Not long after seizing power again in August 2019, the Modi administration removed Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted the former state special status.

“370 is not just a number for the BJP,” Modi declared in February, speaking to a gathering of the party’s national office-bearers. It represents a deep emotion. In order to maintain the unity and integrity of our country, Mookerjee offered the ultimate sacrifice for the repeal of Article 370. The BJP ought to win 370 seats as a fitting homage to him.”

Though the NDA is expected to win the polls handily, the figure highlights the BJP’s growing aspirations as well as a cunning goal-setting tactic when the cadre gets complacent. But the party may find it difficult to win 67 more seats.

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The BJP faces a difficult task in trying to win 370 seats, even though most pundits concur that the party is quite likely to return to power. In states where it won all the seats in 2019, it would not only have to make sure that it replicates that success, but also maintain its advantage in states where it won more than half the seats, maximize its gains in areas where it performed below expectations, and secure seats in places where it came up empty.

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The BJP won all or nearly all of the following states: Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh. It can encounter difficulties in Haryana and Rajasthan. It won every award in Rajasthan.

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The BJP has removed twenty-one sitting members from their seats on the list of candidates for the Lok Sabha election.

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In its second list of 72 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP dismissed 28 incumbent Members and nominated nine Union ministers and three former chief governments.

After announcing 267 candidates thus far, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its second list of 72 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday. NDTV stated that approximately 21% of current Members of Parliament have not been re-elected from their respective seats.

Out of the 195 candidates listed, only 33 MPs were replaced in the first list, whilst 30 MPs were replaced in the second list of 72 names. In all, 140 incumbent Members of Parliament have been replicated, and 67—two of whom chose not to run—have not received tickets.

Twenty applicants from each of the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, seven from Gujarat, six from Telangana and Haryana, five from Madhya Pradesh, two from Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, and one from Dadra and Nagar Haveli are included in the second list.

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All but one sitting member of parliament, Manoj Tiwari of North East Delhi, was replaced by the party in the nation’s capital. This time, five out of the six MPs removed were incumbents since 2014: Harsh Vardhan, Meenakshi Lekhi, Pravesh Sahib Singh, and Ramesh Bidhuri.

The Maharashtra
For twenty of the twenty-three seats the BJP won in the 2019 Maharashtra elections, candidates have been announced by the party. Piyush Goyal, Raosaheb Danve, and Nitin Gadkari, all union ministers, are among the names who were revealed on Wednesday. Five MPs had their tickets canceled, and 14 of the 20 names that were announced were repeated. In place of her sister Pritam Munde, Pankaja Munde was sent from the Beed family stronghold.

Of the seven current MPs in Gujarat, just three were re-elected. Notable exclusions included Darshana Jardosh in Surat, which fielded Mukesh Bhai Chandrakant Dalal.

Haryana
Likewise, of the six announced candidates in Haryana, three incumbent Members of Parliament were re-elected. The late leader of the BJP and former Member of Parliament Rattan Lal Kataria’s wife, Banto Kataria, was fielded.

In Telangana

Most of the Telangana candidates who received Lok Sabha tickets from the BJP are former members of the Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

Ten of the fifteen MP candidates that have been finalized thus far are former members of other parties who left during the last four to five years. Under condition of anonymity, a BJP leader stated, “The true and faithful leaders have been disregarded.

State of Madhya Pradesh
Two MPs from the five Madhya Pradesh candidates listed in the second list have been added again, and two others have been removed, according to NDTV. Ten sitting Members of Parliament, including Pragya Thakur of Bhopal, were removed from the first list.

karnataka
Out of the 20 announced candidates, 11 MPs in Karnataka were replaced. In a noteworthy shift, Pratap Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of the Mysuru Royal family has taken Simha’s seat in the Mysuru constituency. Shobha Karandlaje, a Vokkaliga leader, has been transferred to the Bengaluru North constituency. Former BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel has also been removed from the list, and Dakshina Kannada candidate Captain Brijesh Chowta is now running.

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‘Electoral Bonds Unconstitutional…’: SC Strikes Down Controversial Scheme Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls!

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The Supreme Court has struck down Electoral Bonds Scheme on Thursday.The court said that the Electoral Bond Scheme violates right to information, can lead to quid pro quo

Just months ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped Electoral Bond Scheme that allowed anonymous funding to political parties. Supreme Court’s five-judge CJI DY Chandrachud, and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra pronounced the judgement. The apex court said that the Scheme violates right to information, can lead to quid pro quo. “Electoral bonds scheme is not the only scheme to curb black money. There are other alternatives,” the top court added.

Electoral Bonds Scheme verdict LIVE: ‘Important step in ensuring transparency’: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision on electoral bonds, saying it is an important step in ensuring transparency in election funding.

“We welcome this decision. This is an important step in the transparency of election funding. Otherwise through electoral bonds, it was not known which person was giving funds to which party. It is important for country’s democracy that it is known which person is giving how much money to which political party,” Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi said.

Electoral Bonds Scheme verdict LIVE: Chronology of events

2017: The Electoral bond scheme was introduced in the Finance Bill

September 14, 2017: NGO ‘Association for Democratic Reforms’, lead petitioner, moves SC challenging the scheme.

October 3, 2017: SC issues notices to Centre and EC on PIL filed by the NGO.

January 2, 2018: The Central government notifies the Electoral Bond Scheme.

November 7, 2022: The electoral bond scheme was amended to increase the sale days from 70 to 85 in a year where any assembly election may be scheduled.

October 16, 2023: The SC bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud refers pleas against the scheme to a five-judge Constitution bench.

October 31, 2023: A five-judge Constitution bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud commences hearing on pleas against the scheme.

November 2, 2023: Supreme Court reserves verdict

February 15, 2024: SC delivers unanimous judgment annulling the scheme.

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