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What is happening right now in the election of Maharashtra's premier cooperative milk brand, 'Gokul' is nothing but scary. Raising questions on the impartiality of administration, political greed & morality of ruling coalition.
Spoiler: Is isn't a new script.
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Update: after three hours, the verdict is out.
@satejp has defeated almighty Mahayuti coalition in one of the most richest cooperative milk body elections in India... Final score 13-12
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Did not clear Form 6 change… can annul unilateral decisions: Supreme Court sends notice to Election Commission indianexpress.com/article/le…
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In response to an argument on the “unlawful” modifications made to Form 6, which new voters have to fill, CJI Surya Kant on Monday said that the Supreme Court hadn’t approved “any” of the modifications to Form 6 and indicated that the court will examine who had modified it upon receiving a report from the Election Commission.
Read: indianexpress.com/article/le…
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#BREAKING "Modified Form 6 has not been approved by us, let us be very clear" - CJI Surya Kant.
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The Election Commission has removed the Special Intensive Revision declaration added to the statutory voter enrolment form, Form 6, from its ECINET application portal in states where the SIR has concluded.
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EC removes Form 6 change two Commissioners had called ‘illegal’ indianexpress.com/article/in…
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Another day, another @IndianExpress break on the EC.
Sept 23. Our investigation breaks. The EC responds the same day: its platforms are protected against "unauthorized tampering", and EROs "function as per statutory powers."
What we didn't know was this.
The very next day, Maharashtra's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) wrote to the EC in Delhi asking for FOUR changes to ECINet, so EROs could use the discretion the law already gives them.
The same concern Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had put on record.
Stay with me for @vallabhozarkarr's cracker of a story in today's edition
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On Tuesday, the Election Commission said all was well:
The 14 objections by two of its three members were "suggestions," every decision was "unanimous."
With in 48 hours, on Saturday, it issued NINE decisions. Read them against the 14 notes. It's a U-TURN, not in what it says, but in what it does.
And it still leaves some hard Qs unanswered.
Stay with me.
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14 times in 10 months, two Election Commissioners objected on record to poll panel steps indianexpress.com/article/ex…
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VIP Doorstep, Common Man Queue: Lavasa Questions ECI’s SIR Process
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Why is the 2023 Election Commissioner appointment law controversial, and why did SC refer it to CJI? indianexpress.com/article/ex…
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