Elections 2024

Mubashir Naik and Zoya Malik As Jammu & Kashmir encounters the parliamentary election this month, uncertainty looms, about whether the Kashmiri people will cast their vote or stay away from...

Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan resigned from the state party campaign committee Friday, flagging his concern about the party not fielding a single candidate from the Muslim community in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.

The Congress on Saturday complained to the Election Commission against Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur, alleging that his “outrageous speech” made at an elections rally violated the Model Code of Conduct.

Bengaluru's ongoing apathy towards voting remains unchanged. Despite extensive efforts by the Election Commission, nearly half of the voters in India's Silicon Valley abstained from casting their ballots on Friday.

The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections wrapped up on Friday. Voter turnout statistics for 88 constituencies, available until 10 pm, indicated a decrease, continuing the trend from the first phase, compared to the turnout in the 2019 elections.

Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday notified that separate cases have been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tejasvi Surya and CT Ravi for their hate-inducing social media posts aimed at polarising voters. The cases come as 14 constituencies in the state went to poll today.

At least seven persons collapsed and died in different parts of Kerala after voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 started on Friday.

Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.

"Since independence, no Miya representative has been sent to parliament. This time, Muslim voters want to elect an AIUDF candidate," Mufti Abdul Karim, a supporter of the AIUDF, expressed hope while discussing the minority Muslim support for AIUDF.

The 2024 general elections in India, often dubbed as the largest show of electoral democracy, enter into the second phase on Friday.

“Ensure that not a single vote goes to the Congress and no Bodo votes get wasted to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) as the Bodo-identity has an existential threat from it”, an invigorated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from Dalgaon assembly constituency, Majibur Rahman, asked the mixed crowd of Bodos and Muslims supporting Durga Das Boro of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) party in Udalguri just before filing the nomination papers on 3 April 2024.

The Election Commission of India (ECI), which has continued to receive flak for not acting on PM Narendra Modi's hate speech against Muslims during poll campaign in Rajasthan on April 21, has purportedly taken cognisance of the Model Code of Conduct violation today.