AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi – The Correspondent https://thecorrespondent.in Think Differently Thu, 02 May 2019 06:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 133256312 SC: EC to Consider Starting Polling at 5 am in View of The Ramzan Month https://thecorrespondent.in/nation/sc-ec-to-consider-starting-polling-at-5-am-in-view-of-the-ramzan-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sc-ec-to-consider-starting-polling-at-5-am-in-view-of-the-ramzan-month https://thecorrespondent.in/nation/sc-ec-to-consider-starting-polling-at-5-am-in-view-of-the-ramzan-month/#respond Thu, 02 May 2019 06:47:38 +0000 https://thecorrespondent.in/?p=202202 The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to pass necessary orders on a plea seeking to begin voting at 5 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. in view of the Ramzan month. It is coinciding with the remaining phases of voting in general elections. Earlier, a controversy erupted when AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said coinciding of […]

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]]> The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to pass necessary orders on a plea seeking to begin voting at 5 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. in view of the Ramzan month. It is coinciding with the remaining phases of voting in general elections.

Earlier, a controversy erupted when AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said coinciding of Lok Sabha polls with Ramzan would not hamper poll percentage, rubbishing claims made by some leaders to the effect. Reacting to the controversy, the Election Commission (EC) had earlier said polls are conducted during Ramzan as an entire month cannot be excluded from the schedule.

The Correspondent Bureau with inputs from agencies

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