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Amit Shah hits out at opposition over EVM

Amit Shah on Wednesday asked 6 questions from the opposition parties over EVM. With the ongoing election, Opposition parties yet again crying over the hacking of EVM as the counting will begin from Thursday morning. Amit Shah asked 6 questions from opposition parties on Twitter after he shared a picture of the questions. He wrote, "The opposition of EVM os disrespect to the people's mandate, because of the potential defeat, these 22 parties of the opposition tarnishing the image of the nation and its democracy procedure in the world by raising questions about the democratic process. There is no logic behind these demand raised from opposition parties and it is inspired by their personal selfishness." He then asks 6 questions from political parties, 1) Questioners of EVM's reliability ( opposition parties) had won the elections sometimes in the past with EVM, In Delhi elections, AAP won 67/70 seats , Congress won 5 states election, if EVM was manipulated the

Politics on Constitutional Institution || Election Commission

Introduction In an ongoing election, opposition parties alleged that Election Commission of India fails to conduct fair elections and they were asking for some reconsideration of the powers vested in EC. So to know about this issue we will first learn the detailed overview of Election Commission and then a detailed structure about powers and functioning and then about the current issues regarding EC. Election Commission The Election Commission is an independent and permanent body established by the constitution of India directly to ensure safe and fair elections in the country. Article 324 of The Constitution of India provides that the power of superintendence, direction, and control of elections to parliament, state legislators, the office of President as well as Vice-President were vested in the EC. The President of India appoints Chief Election Commissioner and other Commissioners of the EC. Previously it was a single member body (ie. Chief Election Commissioner) b

Exit Poll Review - UP & West Bengal || Lok Sabha Elections 2019

After completion of Lok Sabha Voting process nationally, several media houses release their Exit Poll data. Exit poll data is the data collected by voters just after they come out of the voting booth. In case of an opinion poll, it is the data which is collected by asking voters whom they will vote and reasons for the vote. UTTAR PRADESH Let us first take a look at the UP exit poll, in 2014 BJP won 73 seats out of 80 and because of that, it is a challenge for BJP to maintain this tally and a task for opposition to break the bond between voters and BJP. With the latest Exit poll, it is clear that BJP is winning more than 60 seats. The actual seats may vary between 62-68 seats. This numbers may be good but BJP is losing around 10-12 seats and that will be interesting to see whether Mahagathbandhan or Congress snatched their seat. Analysis of the winning potential can be calculated by the number of educated people and employed people with respect to unemployed and/or uneduca