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IT Bill, 2025: Constitutional betrayal, reviving electoral bonds under the guise of tax reform
New income tax bill defies court verdict on political donations
#GrowASpineOrResign: Citizens’ mass city-wide protest against inaction by ECI over PM Modi’s hate speech & suppression of voters rights during ongoing election
Civil society groups and citizens creatively designed send mass postcards and joint statements in over a dozen cities, condemning the lack of action against malpractice by BJP in election campaigning, urges the constitutional authority to abide by their mandatory requirement of unbiased fairness
Series of poll violations by ruling BJP. Inaction by ECI says Independent Panel
The Independent Panel for Monitoring of Elections (IPME), 2024 has, in its seventh week monitor of the elections, pointed out issues of communal polarisation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that the Election Commission of India (ECI) has failed to act against apart from structural malfunctioning by the poll body including the failure to release actual voting figures
‘Persecution’ of Christians in India: US church seeks White House sanctions
Delegates to the April 2024 United Methodist Church (UMC)...
ECI faces ire over lack of transparency and discrepancy in poll data, the poll body dismisses the allegations in a detailed response
Opposition parties including Congress, CPI (M), and TMC have targeted ECI over discrepancy and delay in releasing data for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha election 2024
BJP leader’s minor caught on camera voting in Madhya Pradesh
A clip has surfaced from Madhya Pradesh where a minor child can be seen voting alongside his father, BJP leader, Vinay Mehar.
ECI: Of 16 notices issued by ECI for violation of MCC/electoral laws, BJP escapes scrutiny with just 3 from the watchdog
In the same period, November 2023 to date, Congress and its leaders received six such notices/orders, while one such MCC violation was flagged to Congress ruled Karnataka Government
‘EVM is my father’s property.’ BJP leader’s son detained for making live video from poll booth in Gujarat
BJP is in the news again, this time due to the son of a leader for making fun of the EVM and calling it his ‘fathers’ property’. The opposition has claimed that the accused visited 25 polling stations in the same manner.
‘Inflammatory, communal’: Modi inciting hate in Jharkhand, poll official told
A civil society delegation of the Loktantra Bachao 2024...
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee moves Madras HC, urges court to direct ECI to demand an explanation from PM Modi for his alleged hate filled...
The petitioners also bemoaned over one show cause notice issued to BJP by the ECI even after continuous hate riddled speeches, asking why notice was issued to party when PM Modi is the "individual culprit" behind the hate statements.
Elections 2024: Threats, intimidation coercion of voters by BJP reps, even government officials all India
A harrowing analysis by the team at Sabrang India has revealed a growing number of instances when voters have been publicly threatened by several BJP leaders as well as government officials from voting against them.
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India
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Rights
Payal Tadvi’s Case: Maharashtra Govt Replaces Prosecutor Who Moved to Add HoD to Chargesheet
A week ago, the special court hearing the case in Mumbai allowed the special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat’s application to add Yi Ching Ling as an accused in the case. On March 7, Gharat was replaced.
India
India’s election system is being weaponised, will the Opposition act?
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Health
Gujarat: A Painful Period in Salt Pans of Little Rann of Kutch
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Communalism
Kotwa Varanasi: A viral video of Muslim minors pelting stones on street lights leads to heightened security, police deny communal motive
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