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Time of India
37 minutes ago
- Time of India
BJP to take call on BTC poll seats in Aug, says Himanta
1 2 Guwahati: BJP, which is aggressively campaigning in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) for the upcoming elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), will decide the seats it will contest in the first week of Aug. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma , who held a mega rally in Kokrajhar on Monday, said, "We have not yet taken any decision regarding how many seats BJP will contest. Based on reports from the in-charges, the party will make a decision." He added that BJP is not against any political party; rather, the party is in favour of the people of BTR. "BJP does not need to contest against any political party. The party should contest the battle of ballots for the development of Bodoland," he said. The chief minister added that peace was established in BTR in the last five years, and the BJP will work to bring equality, development, and progress in the next five. Criticising Congress, Sarma accused the party of fuelling communal clashes during their time, and therefore, he said, the people of BTR have rejected them. Meanwhile, after attending the rally in Kokrajhar, he said, "Whether it's a political event or a govt program, today thousands of people in the BTR region can participate fearlessly due to the atmosphere of peace. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: One simple trick to get internet without a subscription Techno Mag Learn More Undo Remember, during Congress's time, this was impossible. This makes it clear: If Modi is there, it is possible." The chief minister also held a review meeting at the Kokrajhar district commissioner's office. He assessed the preparations put in place in the district for the successful implementation of Orunodoi 3.0, Mukhyamantrir Mahila Udyamita Abhijan, and Eti Koli Duti Paat. It may be noted that in Kokrajhar district, 60,000 beneficiaries were covered under Orunodoi. However, this number will be increased to 1.40 lakh under Orunodoi 3.0.
Time of India
40 minutes ago
- Time of India
Chhattisgarh liquor 'scam': Fourth supplementary chargesheet filed; EOW pegs amount at Rs 3200 crore
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Chhattisgarh on Monday filed its fourth supplementary chargesheet in the alleged liquor scam that took place during the previous Congress regime, naming 29 excise officials as accused, seven of whom have chargesheet was filed before a special court in Raipur, an EOW statement said."On the basis of previous calculations, this liquor scam was believed to be around Rs 2161 crore, including all types of commissions and sale of additional country liquor without duty paid in the shops. However, the fresh investigation revealed the alleged scam was worth more than Rs 3200 crore," it 29 excise officials include district and assistant district excise officers, assistant commissioners and deputy commissioners of excise who were posted between 2019 and 2023 in 15 districts where unaccounted duty paid liquor was sold parallel to duty paid liquor from government liquor shops, the EOW officers used to coordinate at the state level for this illegal liquor sale from the 15 districts, excluding those in Bastar and Surguja divisions where consumption of country-made liquor was high, it said."Then, additional consignment of liquor was manufactured in distilleries, loaded in trucks and sent directly to these government run country made liquor shops as per the instructions of the 'Excise Syndicate'. This liquor brought on the basis of demand from the warehouse/government depot from the distillery, without paying any government fee/duty, was sold parallel to the legal liquor," it salesmen, supervisors, lower level excise officials, shop in-charge officials and district in-charge excise officials were involved in the entire process, it said, adding this kind of liquor was called 'B-part liquor'.The sale amount of this liquor was collected separately and handed over to the syndicate via the district in-charge excise official at the district level, it the basis of statements and digital evidence of about 200 people, it has been found that 60,50,950 boxes of country liquor worth Rs 2174 crores were sold in government liquor shops at the behest of the accused officers, a certain part of which was received by the officers/employees posted in the district as well as the salesmen and supervisors of the shop, it said.A detailed analysis of the commission taken by the syndicate on foreign liquor is being done separately by EOW/ this supplementary chargesheet, the state's agency has filed five chargesheets, including four supplementary ones, and arrested 13 persons. They include Congress MLA and former excise minister Kawasi Lakhma Anil Tuteja, Anwar Dhebar, Arunpati Tripathi, Vijay alleged liquor scam in the state, as per the Enforcement Directorate, which has been probing the money laundering part in it, was orchestrated between 2019 and 2022 when Chhattisgarh was ruled by the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government. PTI
NDTV
an hour ago
- NDTV
Poll Body Fact Checks Mallikarjun Kharge's Post On Voter List Revision
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has fact checked Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's post on the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, or voter list revision, being carried out in Bihar ahead of the assembly election due later this year. Mr Kharge in a post on X had claimed the ECI amended the process of voter verification from asking for documents to only filling a form without any documents, following what he called "pressure from the Opposition, public and civil society". In response, the ECI today said Mr Kharge's post was "misleading". "The claim made in this post, that no document is required and only filling the form is sufficient, is misleading," the ECI said in a post on X. "There is no change in the instructions. SIR is being conducted as per the orders dated 24.06.2025. While submitting the filled enumeration form before 25th July 2025 is mandatory, the documents can be submitted at any time either before 25th July 2025 or during the claims and objections period," it said, and shared a link to the order it referred to in the post. #ECIFactCheck See details in image below 👇 Stay Tuned, Stay Informed. Link to #SIR order dated 24th June 2025 : — Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) July 7, 2025 The SIR exercise has become a huge political issue, with the Opposition Congress and other parties alleging the BJP is trying to snatch voting rights from crores of people in Bihar. The ECI has explained the need for the SIR across India as its constitutional mandate to protect the integrity of electoral rolls. It decided to begin with Bihar since it is the first state where the next assembly election will be held later this year. In his allegations, the Congress chief questioned the ECI why it wants people who have been voting in election after election to show documents for voting again. "Forcibly depriving the poor, weak, deprived, Dalit, oppressed, and backward people of their voting rights is a conspiracy of the BJP and RSS," Mr Kharge alleged, referring to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The ECI has said Aadhaar and ration cards are not among the documents that will be accepted in the SIR exercise. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha in an interview to NDTV raised concerns that only 14.18 per cent of Bihar's 7.9 crore voters submitted enumeration forms till July 5 - despite 87 per cent form distribution - which could lead to widespread exclusion. He pointed to the exclusion of Aadhaar and ration cards, widely held by Biharis, from the 11 accepted documents, arguing that this violated the Representation of the People Act.
