Widespread complaints in Mathura from people who arrived at the polling booths only to be told their names were missing from the rolls.

Palki Sharma is comparing road side coconut vendor who is using UPI payment as a model of development. He is using UPI not for himself but for people like her who don’t care whether the vendor is still siting on road side with or without any shelter, he have to buy a smart phone…

A huge number of voters, mostly Muslim, were going to Karimganj to cast their vote.

By evening, six trains are cancelled!

At least 5-10k people, who are now stranded, can't vote because of train cancellation!
Chief Electoral Officer, Assam
Northeast Frontier Railway

Important - if you’re equally disgusted with what Modi said today, it’s time to use your power. 👇

Election Commission ignores the Opposition & has kept giving a free pass to Modi and the BJP. During elections, EC is not accountable to political parties.

BUT - they’re…

Sajjad Hassan writes : Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return? scroll.in/article/106661…

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Thrilled to see this stunning piece on Rest of World this morning!

We're creating a year-long database of how AI is being used to influence elections across the world. It's a blockbuster project and I'm immensely proud of the team who put this together.

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