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Unboxing the Inbox: Decoding the “Viksit Bharat Sampark” Controversy and its Shadow over Indian Elections

Hasi Jain - June 5, 2024

Mass WhatsApp campaign by Indian government raises questions about data privacy, ethics, and the fairness of elections.

Allahabad and Madhya Pradesh High Courts deliver two contradictory judgments on interfaith marriage without conversion under Special Marriage Act (SMA)

sabrangindia - June 4, 2024

While Allahabad HC bench of Justice Jyotsna Sharma said interfaith couples not intending to convert their religion can marry under SMA, a similar plea for police protection was rejected by Madhya Pradesh HC citing Muslim personal law

Gender and Sexuality

Rights-based approach to abortion: The need for legislative reforms

Hasi Jain - June 4, 2024

Inconsistent court rulings leave women facing a confusing and unfair legal battle for safe abortion in India.

Minorities

UP Madrasa students detained, UP Minority Commission calls it ‘discriminatory’ and ‘humiliating’

sabrangindia - June 3, 2024

The Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission has called for punitive measures against the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials who detained madrasa students in April.

India

ECI Press conference ahead of polling day, BJP puts its two bits in, concerns on counting of postal ballots etc. remain

sabrangindia - June 3, 2024

In an unexpected press conference the day before counting day, June 4, CEC Kumar dismisses Opposition and independent citizens’ concerns over polling exercise, asks for proof of attempts to influence elections

Communalism

Rising tide of hate speech marks India’s general assembly election campaigns

CJP Team - June 3, 2024

BJP’s top leaders while campaigning for elections, invoked anti-Muslim tropes, violent imagery, and conspiracy theories

India

Maharashtra State Committee of CPI (M) releases absolute figures of polled votes countrywide

sabrangindia - June 3, 2024

CPI (M) also notes that the ECI has not provided the absolutes number of the seventh phase of polling, and has therefore taken the "absolute numbers" (not completely verified) based on the polled percentage from voter TurnOut App

India

Eedina predicts 15 seats for Congress in Karnataka in contradiction to the mainstream surveys; challenges other exit pollsters on their accuracy

sabrangindia - June 3, 2024

Eedina also predicts Congress winning 10 seats in Telangana, 38 in Tamil Nadu and 19 in Kerala during the current Lok Sabha elections

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