Top court seeks response from ECI, govt on plea on poll rules changes

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Union government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a petition filed by Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, challenging recent amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules and raising concerns about transparency and accountability in the poll process.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Meta's India public policy head apologised on X to IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over Mark Zuckerberg's remarks about India made in an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast and called the Meta boss's statement an "inadvertent error" after the minister schooled Zuckerberg about the result of India's 2024 national election.

"...Mark's observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in 2024 elections holds true for several countries, BUT not India. We would like to apologise for this inadvertent error. India remains an incredibly important country for @Meta and we look forward to being at the heart of its innovative future," Shivnath Thukral, vice president of public policy at Meta India, said on X in response to Vaishnaw's post that pointed out the BJP-led government was re-elected again in 2024 and asked Zuckerberg and Meta to "uphold facts and credibility".