Letter to the Election Commission of India written by 64 former civil servants, endorsed by 83 veterans, academics and other concerned citizens. Shri Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner, and Shri Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioner. Election Commission of India.
Guest post by JAYA SHARMA In the post election bewilderment that continues to grip us, might it be that we are asking the wrong questions? The questions are by now familiar. How can it be that a Pragya Thakur wins and an Atishi loses? How can it be that demonetization doesn’t translate into loss of … Continue reading The politics of Hindutva and its erotic charge: Jaya Sharma →
In an earlier post we made note of the serious matter of unaccounted movement of EVMs in private vehicles in different parts of the country and the mismatch between the ECI figures for voter turnout and EVM votes cast, neither of which the EC has satisfactorily explained until today. Now in a detailed analysis in … Continue reading Update on “tally mismatch” in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections: Ravi Nair →
Caution: Long read! This is the elephant in the room, is it not? Was this “massive mandate” of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, the result of a free and fair election? Should we continue to discuss this outcome – the scale of the BJP victory, the numbers of seats, the margins by which seats were … Continue reading The “massive mandate” of 2019 and the role of the Election Commission →
