Elections2019

The author de-constructs the September 26 press note, point by point, and evolves a list of Ten Demands for a People’s Movement for Accountability & Transparency in India’s Electoral Process

The authors interrogate the manner and fashion of appointing faculty at IITs and other such institutions of “higher learning”

Citizens’ forum calls for transparency, independence and accountability in the Election Commission

At a Press Club of India meeting, lawyers, former judges, activists and public figures demanded restoration of deleted voters, a public audit of electoral rolls, disclosure of the Election Commission’s SIR records and an independent inquiry into decisions taken under CEC Gyanesh Kumar

From marches at Jantar Mantar to a demonstration outside the CEC’s residence, the Youth Congress is taking its campaign against Gyanesh Kumar into the streets, as opposition parties, students, trade unions and civil society groups prepare fresh protests

Why Indian Muslims Must Move Beyond Imported Intellectual Templates and Produce Their Own Indo-Islamic Thought and A Think Tank!

From parents’ place of birth and religion to Aadhaar, voter ID, passports and bank accounts, the expanded questionnaire is prompting concerns over privacy, data use and its overlap with the NPR

Congress workers protested in 36 countrywide locations against the ECI and the CEC Gyanesh Kumar, calling the betrayal of the Indian people by the constitutional body, “high treason”; Left parties also issued statements of protest.