A longer version of the viral news clip, originally titled 'EVM Controversy: SP, Collector of Bhind removed', was uploaded to official ABP News YouTube channel on 1 April, 2017.
The image posted on social media claimed Election Commission released new guidelines. However, in the official schedule released for 2024 polls, ECI said elections will be held using EVMs.
Former CM is in Delhi to meet party leadership after Congress tally was reduced from 114 to 66 in 230-member assembly. Earlier, he had raised suspicion on EVMs.
In political resolution, party said voters have lost faith in electoral process, especially EVMs. Proposes 'National Election Fund' over 'fully corrupt' electoral bonds.
In India's ‘first-past-the-post’ system, there's a perverse incentive for political parties and candidates to overtly antagonise one section of voters to secure another section’s votes.
Congress sourced statistics from response to a 2018 RTI application by activist Manoranjan S. Roy, filed with PSU Bharat Electronics Limited, which manufactures EVMs.
Nobody is safe in a market where competition is stunted and choice limited. For the industry, meaningful reform will have to start with the government itself.
Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
On a lighter note, the ECI has done what in Punjabi is called, Kahoon beti ko, sunaoon noon noo. A moral equivalence is created between two leading competitors. A line is drawn in the sand. Hopefully its stern message, delivered diplomatically, will get the job done.
On a lighter note, the ECI has done what in Punjabi is called, Kahoon beti ko, sunaoon noon noo. A moral equivalence is created between two leading competitors. A line is drawn in the sand. Hopefully its stern message, delivered diplomatically, will get the job done.