Opposition parties have intensified their confrontation against the Central Government and the Election Commission over the functioning of the poll panel and the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists. In this regard, a high-stakes meeting of the Opposition 'INDIA' bloc is being held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by the West Bengal unit of the Congress. The petition alleged that there was a discrepancy in the age and high school passing year in the election affidavit of BJP's Nandigram by-election candidate Hasirani Rath.
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have released a report regarding the defection of leaders. In which it has been revealed that between 2022 and 2026, 111 MPs and MLAs changed parties. Out of these 111 leaders, 29, i.e., 26 percent joined the BJP. While 9 (8 percent) joined hands with the Congress.
