The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered the expulsion of BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma from the list of star campaigners for upcoming Delhi Assembly Election over their objectionable comments.

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Remove Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma as BJP star campaigners, orders Election Commission

The Election Commission of India on Friday told the Supreme Court that its 2018 direction asking poll candidates to declare their criminal antecedents in electronic and print media has not helped curb criminalisation of politics.

Political parties should not give tickets to candidates with criminal background, ECI tells SC

Polling began on a peaceful note on Monday morning across all 90 seats of Haryana and 288 constituencies of Maharashtra amidst tight security, officials said. The voting in all constituencies will continue till 6 pm in the evening.

Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Voting underway at all polling booths

The exit of Congress-JD (S) coalition government in Karnataka has paved the way for the BJP into power corridors of the state. Following this win its state unit president BS Yeddyurappa is likely to stake claim to form the government, if accomplished, it would be his fourth stint as Chief Minister of the State.

With BJP to form government in Karnataka, Yeddyurappa set to be chief minister for fourth time

Over fifty-five per cent voters exercised their electoral rights in state assembly elections in poll-bound Telangana and Rajasthan till 3pm on Friday. According to reports, while Rajasthan witnessed 59.

Assembly polls: Over 55% voter turnout recorded in Rajasthan, Telangana till 3pm

The Election Commission on Saturday announced dates for the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram Assembly elections. While polls in Chhattisgarh are likely to be held in two phases, elections in the other states might see polling in one phase.

EC announces dates for Assembly polls in five states, results on December 11

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