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  • Flawed reports causes more damage to credibility of poll management bodies: CEC KumarB

    Flawed reports causes more damage to credibility of poll management bodies: CEC KumarB

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    Bengaluru: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has flagged “flawed” reports of some agencies and organisations, saying they cause more damage to the credibility of election management bodies as the pioneering work done by them finds no place in such surveys.

    Kumar urged the EMBs to come up with essential parameters and standards which should guide such surveys and rankings.

    He was addressing the 3rd International Conference on the theme ‘Inclusive Elections and Elections Integrity’ on Thursday in a virtual format.

    The CEC along with fellow election commissioners were in Bengaluru where they also assessed the poll preparedness of poll-bound Karnataka.

    He lamented that countries with low inclusivity are ranked high.
    “The flawed report causes more damage to the credibility of EMBs,” he added.
    The CEC urged the participating EMBs to come up with essential parameters and standards which should guide such surveys…countries with low inclusivity are ranked high,” the poll panel said in a statement.

    Talking about inclusivity, the CEC pointed out that India has 460 million women voters, which is almost equal to the number of men voters.

    In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, more women than men voted. “This is the level of inclusion that India has been able to achieve,” he said.

    In his address, Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey said the Election Commission of India has been working for inclusive elections under the premise of ‘No Voter to be Left Behind’.

    “Our flagship voter education programme SVEEP connects with over 950 million voters spread over more than one million polling stations across the country,” he said.

    Election Commissioner Arun Goel said inclusive elections are a critical building block of ‘Elections Integrity’.

    A total of 59 participants from 31 countries/ EMBs including Angola, Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Dominica, Georgia, Guyana, Kenya, Rep. of Korea, Mauritius, Moldova, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, St Lucia, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland and Zambia, as well as representatives of two International organisations, participated in the Conference.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Nitish Kumar has lost his credibility, says Chirag Paswan

    Nitish Kumar has lost his credibility, says Chirag Paswan

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    Patna: Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (LJPR) President Chirag Paswan on Thursday claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been losing credibility in a big way in state politics and should step down from the post.

    “After losing the Kurhani b-poll, Nitish Kumar is no longer a popular leader of Bihar. The popularity of Nitish Kumar has been declining soon after he went to the Mahagathbandhan. Keeping in view the current position of JD-U, I firmly believe that those parties accepting Nitish Kumar will also lose their strength.

    “Nitish Kumar keeps saying that the unity of Mahagathbandhan is stronger but the people of Bihar and leaders are thinking that his credibility has declined. They are not keeping faith in him. A large number of JD-U leaders recently joining the LJPR in poll-bound Nagaland is a prime example of it,” Paswan said.

    He also claimed that the crime graph of Bihar is rising with murders, loots, rapes, dacoities taking place in Bihar and Nitish Kumar is not aware of it. “Every time he is being asked about a particular incident, he says he is not aware of it,” he alleged.

    “Nitish Kumar, in a shade of liquor ban, is also destroying homeopathic treatment in Bihar and penalising the doctors. The use of spirit is frequent in homeopathy but the administration of Bihar under well planned conspiracy, penalises the homeopathic doctors. In a country like India, a large number of people believe in homeopathic treatment. I also believe in it. The central government is promoting homeopathic and ayurvedic treatment in the country but Nitish Kumar is thinking in another way,” Paswan said.

    In the Saran hooch tragedy, that had taken over 100 lives in the first week of January, the mastermind was a homeopathic doctor who used spirit to make the liquor which turned poisonous.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )