Even as the exercise has triggered a political storm, dominant sentiment is that deletions affected voters across political leanings. 'Vote chori' campaign has 'no resonance on ground'.
This comes amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's attacks on the Centre & the ECI for 'vote chori'—the focus of his recent Voter Adhikar Yatra in poll-bound Bihar.
Ahead of Bihar elections, Congress is fixing internal gaps in its election management, acknowledging organisational weaknesses and offering ways to address them at multiple levels.
RJD said the limited booth-level agents need more time to reach all voters. BLAs are identifying voters whose names aren't on the draft electoral roll to help them file claims.
In now-deleted post, Sanjay Kumar claimed Ramtek & Devlali in Maharashtra registered a decline of 36-38% in number of voters between Lok Sabha & Assembly polls.
The LoP further targeted ECI and BJP alleging they 'magically' created 1 crore new voters in Maharashtra ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections, resulting in the party's win in the state.
If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.
Without naming Gandhi, Chief Election Commissioner says words like ‘vote chori’ are an insult to the Constitution, and voters are ‘being targeted by placing gun on EC’s shoulders’.
5 officials accused of adding fake voters to electoral rolls in Bengal are at the centre of the dispute, with poll body seeking suspension & FIRs against them, & state govt refusing to act.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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