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Demonstrators took to the streets in New Delhi and Mumbai over the position of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Police said more than 100 people were detained and officers were injured in the clashes.
The Hindu reported the political attack on the tribunal order in two frames. NOT SCRIPTED has written this summary independently; read the original reports for their own account.
Water cannon, lathi-charges and detentions were reported on August 25 as demonstrators carried the teacher recruitment dispute to the governor's door.
Applications open on September 1. The exam calendar that produced the agitation — the 70th combined competitive examination — is untouched.
The legislation passed on a voice vote at the end of July and awaits the President's assent. It targets a machinery problem that runs from recruitment notifications to delayed results.
Jitendra Singh introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill with 91 amendments moved against it. The six-hour debate slot never happened, because the House ran on Opposition demands for a statement on police action in Delhi.
On June 30 the Election Commission began the exercise in Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi. It reaches into every household that votes, and the Supreme Court has already ruled on its legality.
The Congress fielded AICC president Kharge, media chief Pawan Khera and secretary Mansoor Ali Khan; the BJP's Prof M Nagaraj ran alone too. Polls had been scheduled for June 18.
The BJP breached West Bengal and a new formation took Tamil Nadu. The interesting part of this election cycle is not who won. It is how many governments are now running without a settled majority.
Constitution amendments need two-thirds of members present and voting. 528 took part, so 352 was the bar — and 54 votes were missing.
