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Maharashtra Gokul Controversy: Mahayuti’s bid to seize control of the state’s largest milk cooperative?
Faced with a narrow defeat last week --a Congress-led panel had won 13 seats to Mahayuti’s 12 seats last week, the Fadnavis government in a widely criticised move, altered rules to nominate members and give them voting rights; this tilted the balance in Mahayuti’s favour after a courtroom drama that first directed elections and thereafter refused to stay or scrutinise the hastily changed rules; Fadnavis Govt alters rules & Voila(!), Mahayuti Candidate is Chairman of Gokul Dairy after a courtroom drama also unfolds last week
A chargesheet against the ECI’s “All Is Well” defence
While recent media reports of serious internal dissensions within...
From caste to race: Reading ‘Black & Buddhist’ through an Indian lens
A few days ago, while visiting a local library...
‘BJP, EC looted the West Bengal polls’: Mamata seeks CEC’s arrest, fresh elections with pre-SIR voter list
Former -Bengal CM calls for pan-India protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and has demanded his arrest and accusing him of being "compromised" and working with the BJP.
EC evades, shrugs off serious questions on fissures & divisions within the ECI
In a hastily issued press release issued by P Pawan, Deputy Director of the Commission, the election body has attempted a rebuttal of the Indian Express investigation
Gyanesh Kumar has no right to continue in office, reform the ECI: CPI-M
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded the resignation of the CEC Gyanesh Kumar and reform of the ECI
INC protests outside ECI, demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
The Indian Express investigation exposing fissures within the ECI, with two Commissioners dissenting the moves by CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the past 10 months has generated a political storm: the Indian National Congress protested the anti-constitutional functioning of the ECI and demanded the CEC’s resignation
Former TN CM, M. K. Stalin demands Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
Reacting to today’s investigation in a national newspaper revealing how the decision-making processing at the ECI had been compromised, the senior politician has elaborated how and why the CEC Gyanesh Kumar has no moral grounds to stay in office
This Regime Is Anti-Fun; Humour Can Strip Its Legitimacy | Saurav Das | Teesta Setalvad
What happens when young people refuse to simply watch?Teesta...
Assam: ‘No to SIR!’ Complete the pending NRC!
A Citizens' Convention Held in Guwahati on Sunday, September 20 had over 150 prominent names from among a significant 300-strong participation across Assam that gave a clear call for a push-back of the SIR
Strengthen gender justice & secular legal frameworks, No To ‘Uniform Control Code’ in garb of UCC: ALIFA
The All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) has rejected the Uniform Control Code in the garb of ‘Uniform Civil Code' in 21 states across India and put forward a demand for governments, instead to strengthen Gender Just and Secular legal frameworks
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Maharashtra Gokul Controversy: Mahayuti’s bid to seize control of the state’s largest milk cooperative?
Faced with a narrow defeat last week --a Congress-led panel had won 13 seats to Mahayuti’s 12 seats last week, the Fadnavis government in a widely criticised move, altered rules to nominate members and give them voting rights; this tilted the balance in Mahayuti’s favour after a courtroom drama that first directed elections and thereafter refused to stay or scrutinise the hastily changed rules; Fadnavis Govt alters rules & Voila(!), Mahayuti Candidate is Chairman of Gokul Dairy after a courtroom drama also unfolds last week
India
SIR: Form 7 controversies raise fresh questions about the continued power to delete voters
The meeting Election Commission held on September 26, 2026 provided certain procedures for voters left out or issued notices during SIR, but fresh cases from Delhi and Karnataka show that the wider machinery through which existing names can be challenged and processed for deletion remains in place
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Supreme Court rejects ‘informal detention’, strengthens safeguards against arbitrary arrest
Holding that the 24-hour deadline under Article 22(2) begins with the actual curtailment of liberty, the Court says investigating agencies cannot keep individuals in custody while delaying the formal recording of arrest
India
Maharashtra SIR: Over 2 crore names left off draft rolls; report finds uneven burden across regions and groups
A preliminary analysis of Maharashtra’s SIR-2026 draft roll by the Sabar Institute finds that 20.69 million names which is a significant 21.1 % of the state’s 97.9 million electors— close to one in five pre-revision electors — were missing in the draft electoral roll published on August 31, 2026; these voters were placed on the ASDD list; the report also identifies sharp geographical variations in the deletion
India
SIR: ECI “removes Form 6 declaration” but serious questions on legality of procedure remain
The Election Commission has separated the SIR declaration from the statutory Form 6 after two Election Commissioners objected to its inclusion and one called the change “unauthorised/illegal”, the issue comes as the Supreme Court is hearing the separate question of requiring deleted Delhi voters to seek inclusion again through Form 6
India
Does the ECI’s Nov 6 communication signal a step-back on re-enrolment in the ASSD list?
SC petitioners Anjali Bharadwaj and Amrita Johri welcome ECI’s Nov 6 communication to seven states on facilitating inclusion of left-out voters