Exit polls have forecast a tight contest between the incumbent Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the BJP in the crucial West Bengal assembly polls and put the ruling saffron combine ahead in Assam while projecting that the Left alliance will retain Kerala, a feat unseen in four decades.
For the Congress, the exit polls predicted that it may fall short in Assam and Kerala and lose in Puducherry to the opposition alliance of AINRC-BJP-AIADMK.
The only good news for the Congress was from Tamil Nadu, where the exit polls predicted that the DMK-led opposition alliance, of which it is a part, will trounce the AIADMK-BJP coalition.
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Judiciary rap: EC says remarks caused great damage, seeks to restrain media from reporting oral observations
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Judiciary rap: EC says remarks caused great damage, seeks to restrain media from reporting oral observationsPTI
Last Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 03:19 PM IST
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Comments of murder charges against ECI officials and the institution being solely responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases had caused great damage and it had tarnished the EC s image, its counsel contended.
Days after a stinging rap from the judiciary, the Election Commission on Friday moved the Madras High Court, seeking to restrain the media from reporting oral obesrvations of judges made on its role in conducting elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a plea the court refused. Comments of murder charges against ECI officials and the institution being solely responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases had caused great damage and it had tarnished the EC s image, its counsel contended.
EC asks Madras HC to restrain media from reporting court observations Plea comes after strictures against poll panel, bench refuses to entertain
Days after a stinging rap from the judiciary, the Election Commission on Friday moved the Madras High Court, seeking to restrain the media from reporting oral observations of judges made on its role in conducting elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic,a plea the court refused.
Comments of murder charges against ECI officials and the institution being solely responsible for the surge in Covid-19 cases had caused great damage and it had tarnished the EC s image, its counsel contended.
ANI | Updated: Apr 30, 2021 10:39 IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Several Urdu publications in their Friday editions prominently carried the news of exit poll results for five Assemblies that recently went to polls. Results of Assembly polls in four states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry will be declared on May 2.
Many publications also reported that several states in the country have imposed strict lockdown amid a massive surge in both novel coronavirus cases and deaths.
Inquilab: The newspaper highlighted the exit poll for the Assembly elections which had taken place in several states in the country. According to reports, the people of West Bengal will be in favour of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in Tamil Nadu, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seems to form the government, while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again set to rule Assam. The counting of votes will take place on M