The data supports what I found on the ground in Uttar Pradesh: massive voter mistrust in the electoral process

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Trust is the bedrock of any election.

What happens when a large section of the electorate loses trust?

I report from western Uttar Pradesh

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In western Uttar Pradesh, Muslim voters — and some Dalits too — are convinced their votes are being suppressed.

EVMs are the focal point of anger.

Lawyer Mehmood Pracha is contesting elections from Rampur to strengthen the legal challenge to EVMs.

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Is 'population jihad' real, or fiction?

Here's the answer, in 3 minutes.

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An essay immersed in nostalgia for a past in which religious devotion necessarily meant respect for other faiths. Searching for solace: Read A requiem for Rizwan scroll.in/article/106594… via Scroll.in

Replug:

How a legal loophole allows BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar to hide his full wealth from election panel

m rajshekhar's report from 2019

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Is India ready for an election in extreme heat?

Tabassum and Vaishnavi Rathore analysed IMD data and found that on voting days in April, several constituencies may see temperatures close to 40 degrees Celsius.

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On the India Fix this week:

Even as the BJP seems to have 'tamed' the mainstream media, has a new node of resistance arisen in the form of YouTube?
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On the day Vodafone Idea opted for govt bailout, Aditya Birla group donated Rs 10 CR to BJP.

11 months later, no sign of bailout.

So 6 days later, Birla donates another Rs 100 crore. The bailout happened within 2 months.

For #ProjectElectoralBond :
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Aditya Birla group donated Rs 100 crore to the BJP two months before government’s Vodafone Idea bailout

Ayush Tiwari and #ProjectElectoralBond

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>Mumbai police book Ajit Pawar, ED follows
>Ajit Pawar joins the MVA govt
>Mumbai police close the case
>MVA govt falls
>Mumbai police reopen the case
>Ajit Pawar joins NDA
>Mumbai police close the case again, ED case infructuous
I report
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From Ajit Pawar to Suvendu Adhikari, from Himanta Biswa Sarma to Sovan Chatterjee, how the fortunes of politicians under CBI, ED and IT probes changed after they joined or aligned with the BJP. I report on 25 who went through the 'washing machine'
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I caught up with one of my favourite writers, Jayant Kaikini, to talk about the radical empathy of his fiction, the poetry of everyday objects – and what his mother thought of his stories.

In Scroll.in

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Tai ki Vahini, is the question in Baramati as the voters are asked if they owe their allegiance to the uncle or nephew? Sharad Pawar or Ajit Pawar? And what does this battle say about the larger contest in Maharashtra?

My election dispatch Scroll.in

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Supriya Sule vs Sunetra Pawar

smitha nair kicks off our election series called #BattlegroundStates with a fascinating ground report from Baramati

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‘Modi wants to be king forever’: Vivid report by Supriya Sharma on why ordinary voters flocked to the Save Democracy rally in Delhi today
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